The evidence that determined Toledo’s conviction
The court chaired by Zaida Pérez highlighted in his ruling the participation of the Alejandro Toledo Manrique in illegal actions related to the motion of the Interoceanic Highway. According to the ruling, the former president of Peru persuaded his friend, the deceased businessman Joseph Maimanto act as an intermediary and receive, through their companies, bribes from Oidebrecht.
The verdict indicates that Toledo Manrique engaged the Brazilian company to facilitate the awarding of sections 2 and 3 of the work, obtaining a bribe of 35 million dollarswhich caused serious damage to the *State of Peru*. In addition, a series of irregularities and the acceleration of the bidding process were confirmed, which showed Toledo’s interference in the process.
The statements of Jorge Barataformer superintendent of Odebrecht in Peru, and testimony from Joseph Maimansupported by documentary evidence such as translations and expertise, crucial in the sentence. Barata testified that even after he left the presidency, Toledo contacted him by phone demanding payment of his money.
The referee decided to sentence businessman José Castillo Dibos to 14 years. In contrast, Avrahan Dan On was acquitted of the charges.
Alberto Pasco-Font and Sergio Bravo, former officials of the Irish League Proinvestmentsentenced to 9 years in prison.
The court suggests that it is it is not possible to make a claim for the Brazilian company Odebrecht that new civil compensation will be paid.
Likewise, it determines that the company JJ Camet will be responsible for the amount of civil compensation requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
They dictated more than 20 years in prison for Alejandro Toledo: what were the arguments of the Judges?
The former leader of the Perú Posible party was the first ex-president to be sentenced for the Lava Jato case. PJ found the former president responsible for giving the contract for sections II and III of the South Interoceanic Highway in exchange for 35 million dollars
Alejandro Toledo to prison. Judge Inés Rojas Contreras, from the Second Collegiate Criminal Court of the National High Court, reported that the court found the former president responsible for the crimes of collusion and money laundering. Therefore, he decided 20 years and 6 months in prisonas requested by the Public Ministry, through the representation of the prosecutor José Domingo Pérez.
Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years in prison: he is the first ex-president convicted in the Odebrecht case
The former head of state, accused of receiving $35 million in bribes, received his sentence for collusion and money laundering in connection with the Interoceanic Highway case
Former President Alejandro Toledo will hear his sentencing on Monday, October 21. (Photo: Judges)The former president Alejandro Toledo He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiracy and money laundering. He was put on trial for the cheating scandal in which the Brazilian company was also involved. Oidebrecht. The tax thesis showed that the former president took advantage of the bribes given to him by the construction company to win the bid for the Interoceanic highway.
The application for this sentence for the former president is broken down into 9 years for the crime of collusion y 11 years and 6 months for the crime of money laundering.
Judge Inés Rojas Contreras clarified that the The Public Ministry requested a sentence of 20 years and 6 months Prison for Alejandro Toledo.
Alejandro Toledo He is caught on camera laughing when Judge Inés Rojas has difficulty pronouncing a term in English.
This happened when the preliminary ruling of the sentence was being read. Judge Inés Rojas Rojas made a mistake when announcing the names of certain companies in English, and, confused, said: “Oh, I don’t know how to read this.” This slip made Alejandro Toledo laugh, a reaction that was captured by the cameras present in the room.
It was noted that the company Oidebrecht and its consortia “not only facilitated the illicit generation of funds, but also actively participated in the conversion and transfer of such funds.”
The ruling states that the conversion had not been made by Alejandro Toledobut by the companies, in order to hide the money obtained illegally through the profits from the fraudulently awarded works.