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Peruvian ex-President Ollanta Humala released from prison after court overturns his 15-year money-laundering conviction

Peruvian ex-President Ollanta Humala was released from prison on Friday ​evening after Peru's Constitutional Court ​overturned his 15-year money-laundering conviction.

Humala, who was serving his ​sentence at a special detention facility that houses several of Peru's jailed former leaders, had been convicted last year over receiving illicit campaign contributions from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, ‌now known ⁠as Novonor, ⁠during his successful 2011 presidential campaign.

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