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US grants extradition of Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo

Toledo, who was Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006, is accused of taking bribes in extensive corruption scandal.

Al Jazeera · Feb 22, 2023

Peru says US has granted extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Former Panama president's sons return after U.S. conviction for money laundering

Two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli returned to their country on Wednesday, after serving a sentence in the United States for money laundering in a case linked to the Odebrecht scandal, a spokesperson for the family said.

Reuters · Jan 26, 2023

Impeached, jailed, wanted: President is a dangerous job in Peru

Even in Latin America, a region known for political instability, Peru stands out.

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Factbox-Peru's presidents and years of political turmoil

Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a series of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Former Ecuador VP released from prison for second time

Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas was on Monday released from prison for the second time after a local judge approved alternative corrective measures in lieu of a custodial sentence for corruption charges.

Reuters · Nov 29, 2022

Panama judge calls two ex-presidents to trial in Odebrecht probe

A Panama judge on Tuesday called two former presidents, as well as a slate of other high-profile figures, to trial over money-laundering related to the Odebrecht bribery probe, a sweeping corruption investigation that has rippled across Latin America.

Reuters · Nov 9, 2022

U.S. to return to Peru funds seized from ex-president in Odebrecht case

The United States will return to Peru about $686,000 seized from a former president of the country who had received bribes from the Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Aug 31, 2022

Guatemala court blocks anti-corruption agreement

A Guatemalan court has tossed out an agreement that made it easier to prosecute bribery involving the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Ecuador tribunal orders former vice president back to prison

An Ecuadorean tribunal on Friday ordered former vice-president Jorge Glas, who served four-and-a-half years in prison on a bribery conviction, to immediately return to jail, annulling a decision that freed him last month.

Reuters · May 20, 2022