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Peru Court Gives Ex-President Toledo 13 Years and Four Months for Money Laundering

The case centers on alleged $35 million in Odebrecht bribes funneled into Lima property through a Costa Rica shell.

Overview

  • Judge Josefa Izaga handed down the new sentence, Toledo's second conviction linked to Odebrecht payments.
  • Under Peruvian law, the term will run concurrently with his 20 years and six months bribery sentence, with the harsher term prevailing.
  • Prosecutors say roughly $5.1 million of the bribe money financed property purchases and mortgage payments using an offshore company in Costa Rica.
  • Toledo, 79, denied wrongdoing, expressed disappointment with the judiciary, and said he will appeal the ruling.
  • In a separate development, an appeals court ordered former president Martin Vizcarra released from pretrial detention as his bribery case advances.