2023-04-21 20:36:52
The former president of Peru Alejandro Toledo turned himself in this Friday to the United States authorities as a step prior to his extradition to the Andean countrywhere he has several issues pending with the Justice for corruption cases.
With his surrender, he thus puts an end to a long judicial process that he has been prolonging until the last moment, in an attempt to stop his return to Peru, where he will have to serve at least 18 months of pretrial detention while the investigation for the alleged bribes he received from Odebrecht in exchange for public works progresses.
Toledo has turned himself in in a different judicial seat than that of the San Jose Courthouse, in California, where he had been summoned and thus prevent there being images of the moment of his arrest, the Peruvian network RPP has reported.
In the last hours, the United States Justice had rejected a ‘motion of urgency, a last attempt to stop his extradition. The former Peruvian president has given all kinds of reasons to avoid having to return to Peru, from his state of health to the recent political crisis that his country is experiencing.
Toledo is accused by the Peruvian authorities of collusion and money laundering in the framework of the investigation for bribes that he would have received from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for the company being favored in the bidding for works of the Interoceanic highway, accusations that he denies.
As part of this operation, Toledo was arrested in the United States in July 2019 with a view to his extradition to Peru. However, in March 2020 he achieved the bail alleging risks to his health due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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