FILE PHOTO - Peru's former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is seen at a court, after his arrest as part of an investigation into money laundering, in Lima, Peru April 16, 2019. Picture taken April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo
LIMA - Former Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is to spend three years under house arrest while corruption charges are prepared against him for allegedly taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, the government said on Saturday. Earlier this month Kuczynski had been ordered to up to three years in pre-trial jail. The judgment was softened due to health problems faced by the 80-year-old former leader, according to a tweet sent by the Public Ministry. Kuczynski’s lawyers had been arguing for house arrest on grounds of poor health.The house arrest ruling came days after another former Peruvian president, Alan Garcia, committed suicide to avoid arrest in connection with the sprawling Odebrecht scandal.
Under Peruvian law, criminal suspects can be held in jail before trial for up to three years if prosecutors show evidence that they would likely be convicted and would probably try to flee or obstruct the investigation unless detained. Peru’s four most recent presidents and the leader of the opposition have been ordered into pre-trial detention in connection with Odebrecht since the company admitted in late 2016 that it paid some $30 million in bribes to Peruvian politicians in exchange for public works contracts.
Great!! AlejandroToledo HAS TO BE NEXT!!!
What an epidemic in Peru! Sad for the peruvian people, every president that has been elected in recent years have been associated or convicted of corruption/bribes and more.
Can't wait for January 21, 2020!
El muy puto negoció con la hija de Fujimori el juicio político en su contra a cambio de liberar a su padre. Karma
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