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Peru’s ex-president Alejandro Toledo gets 20 years in prison for corruption

The Superior Court in Lima, Peru, sentenced former Pres. Alejandro Toledo, 78, to 20.5 years in prison after he was found guilty of accepting $35M in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.

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During his 2001-2006 presidency, Toledo signed a deal with Odebrecht to build a road connecting the southern coast to western Brazil's Amazon region, during which he was found to have taken bribes in exchange for contracts to build two highway sections.

According to Judge Inés Rojas, Toledo’s actions amounted to "defrauding the state" and violating the trust of Peruvians who entrusted him with the responsibility of overseeing public finances as their president.

The former president, who denied all charges and maintained his innocence, unsuccessfully requested he be sent home due to his age and health issues, including cancer. His defense will also appeal the sentence.

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Toledo, who started from humble beginnings and achieved a PhD from Stanford University, was held in the US in 2019 after Peru requested his extradition. The prosecution built its case on testimonies from former Odebrecht CEO Jorge Barata and Toledo’s ex-collaborator Josef Maiman.

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Authorities have for years also been trying to sentence Toledo's wife Eliane Karp, who is of Jewish descent, to more than 16 years in prison for money laundering. She's been in Israel since May 2023, a country with which Peru doesn't have an extradition treaty.

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The Superior Court in Lima, Peru, found former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, 78, guilty of accepting $35M in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, and sentenced him to 20 years and six months in prison on Monday.

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During his presidency of Peru between 2001 and 2006, Toledo signed a deal with Odebrecht to develop a road connecting Peru's southern coast to western Brazil's Amazonic region. In the continent-wide Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato) corruption probe, Toledo is the first high-profile politician to face bribery conviction.

According to Judge Inés Rojas, Toledo’s actions amounted to defrauding the state and violating the trust of Peruvians who entrusted him with the responsibility of overseeing public finances as their president.

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The former president denied all charges and claimed innocence. Toledo's defense, led by Roberto Siu, will appeal the sentence. At the end of the trial, Toledo urged the court to allow him to go home due to his age, cancer, and heart issues.

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Toledo, who started from humble beginnings but achieved a PhD from Stanford University, was held in the US in 2019 after Peru requested his extradition. The prosecution’s case against Toledo was built on the testimonies of former Odebrecht CEO Jorge Barata and Toledo’s ex-collaborator Josef Maiman, who both confirmed Toledo had taken bribes.

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The pan-Latin American bribery scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which exchanged bribes for political favors, led to the downfall of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. Corruption probes have resulted in the arrest of several public officials in Peru, Ecuador, and Panama. Investigations regarding the construction company are also underway in Mexico and Guatemala. Additionally, two other ex-presidents, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Ollanta Humala, are also under investigation.

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Peruvian ex-president sentenced to more than 20 years in bribery case

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo has consistently maintained his innocence since Peruvian authorities requested his extradition from the US in 2019. Throughout the year-long trial, Toledo has claimed that the Peruvian Prosecutor's office relied solely on the inconsistent and contradictory testimonies of the Israeli businessman Josef Maiman and the former representative of Odebrecht in Peru, Jorge Barata, whom he referred to as "international criminals" masquerading as businessmen. Toledo will appeal the sentence.

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The case was cut and dried, with Odebrecht admitting to paying hundreds of millions in bribes to public officials, including the former president. This is also the latest in a series of bribery scandals in Peru, which makes this a win for prosecutors in their fight against the plague of corruption.

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There are still several questions surrounding Toledo's guilt, most notably that for a man who allegedly took millions of dollars in bribes, he always lived an incredibly modest life. After building a successful career from nothing, it seems unfair to place him behind bars for the rest of his days, especially as he deals with severe health issues.

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