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US grants extradition of Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo

Peru requested the extradition of Toledo in 2018 on charges he took millions of dollars in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company [File: Mandel Ngan/AFP]

The United States has granted the extradition of Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo over corruption allegations, Peru’s attorney general office has said, adding that the country’s justice system has been coordinating with national and foreign authorities for the execution of the order.

“We have been informed that the US State Department granted the extradition of Alejandro Toledo Manríque for the crimes of collusion and money laundering,” read a tweet from the public prosecutor published on Wednesday.

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