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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering

Peru Former President - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to finance his 2006 and 2011 campaigns.

The judges of the National Superior Court found that Humala and Heredia received several million dollars in illegal contributions for these campaigns from Odebrecth and the government of then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013).

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