Peru Opposition Leader Keiko Fujimori Held on Graft Charges
- Prosecutors have been probing 2011 presidential bid financing
- Fujimori allegedly received campaign donation from Odebrecht
Keiko Fujimori
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Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was arrested by police Wednesday on allegations she received illicit campaign financing, marking an unexpected turn in a year-long probe of the two-time presidential candidate.
A court approved her detention for 10 days, arguing she posed a flight risk and could obstruct the prosecutors’ investigation, Peru’s judiciary said via Twitter on Wednesday. She was ordered detained along with 19 other people including her former campaign chief Jaime Yoshiyama.