Lima, Oct 22, 2024 (AFP) - Peru's ex-president Toledo gets 20 years for corruption

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2024-10-22

A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison for accepting multi-million-dollar bribes from scandal-hit Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht. The Superior Court accepted the prison term recommended by the prosecution, it announced at a hearing attended by the 78-year-old, who led the South American nation from 2001 to 2006. Toledo, a US-trained economist with a doctorate from Stan......

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