LIMA, Peru — Peru’s attorney general’s office on Tuesday said that the U.S. State Department had granted the extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo, to be tried in Lima over graft allegations.
Toledo, who lives in California, is wanted in Peru for allegedly negotiating bribes with the Brazilian conglomerate then known as Odebrecht, when he was president between 2001 and 2006. The allegations are part of a sprawling web of graft that became known as the Car Wash, involving Odebrecht’s operations in much of Latin America.
Toledo, 76, an economist, was the first elected president after the fall of Alberto Fujimori, and presided over a period of particularly fast economic growth. He has denied the charges of money laundering and collusion.
