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Toffoli Nullifies Odebrecht Evidence, Curtails Brazil’s Role in Case of Peru’s Nadine Heredia

Citing chain-of-custody flaws, the order applies only within Brazil.

Overview

  • STF minister Dias Toffoli declared elements from Odebrecht’s leniency deal, including Drousys and My Web Day records, unusable under Brazilian law in proceedings involving Nadine Heredia.
  • The ruling extends an August 2023 decision that afforded the same treatment to former Peruvian president Ollanta Humala.
  • Within Brazilian territory, authorities are barred from carrying out arrests, extraditions, or other cooperation steps that depend on the annulled Odebrecht-derived material.
  • Toffoli rejected a blanket bid to prohibit any arrest, extradition, or cooperation beyond that scope, keeping the ruling confined to Brazil’s legal order.
  • Heredia has diplomatic asylum in Brazil after she and Humala were sentenced in Peru to 15 years for receiving illegal Odebrecht campaign contributions.