Peru Sentences Ex-Leader Toledo to Prison Over $35 Million Bribe
- Alejandro Toledo governed Peru between 2001 and 2006
- Peru has developed a reputation for jailing former leaders
Alejandro Toledo in 2010.
Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg
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A Peruvian judge has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 1/2 years in prison for having received an eight-figure bribe tied to the construction of a highway project.
The sentence is a key milestone for Peru, its first presidential conviction after launching a corruption crackdown last decade in the wake of a sprawling graft scandal involving Brazilian builder Odebrecht SA.