Former President of Peru surrenders to US authorities The former President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, turned himself in on Friday to the authorities in the United States, a day after Toledo's latest efforts failed to stop Washington's measures to deport him to Peru on charges of corruption against him. Toledo, who held the presidency between 2001 and 2006, is expected to become the third former president of Peru to be imprisoned following a judicial conviction. And Peruvian media reported – quoting judicial and diplomatic circles – that Alejandro Toledo (77 years) appeared before a court in San Jose, California (western United States) yesterday, Friday, after a US federal judge refused yesterday, Thursday, Toledo's request to stop the procedures for his deportation to Peru. The US authorities arrested the former president of Peru in 2019, after an official request from its Peruvian counterpart to deport him, but he was released on bail the following year, and lived in California until at least last year. Odebrecht scandal The Peruvian authorities issued an arrest warrant against Toledo in 2017 and requested his extradition, as he is accused of accepting a $35 million bribe from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for its help in obtaining government contracts to build a highway called "Interoceanica" linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. . If convicted, Toledo will face a 20-year prison sentence. Toledo denies the charges. The Odebrecht case is the largest corruption scandal in South America. According to US judicial estimates, the Brazilian company paid about $785 million in bribes in 12 countries.

The former President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, turned himself in yesterday, Friday, to the authorities in the United States, a day after the failure of Toledo's latest efforts to stop Washington's measures to deport him to Peru on the grounds of corruption charges against him.

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