They harbor millionaire bribes from Odebrecht
The ex-president Alexander Toledo He is facing in freedom the process that he initiated against his extradition, approved a few weeks ago by the Government of USAand reverse his eventual transfer to the Peru.
The former leader of the Perú Posible party, with whom he arrived at the Government Palace, could receive sentences of twenty years and six months in prison; and another of 16 years and eight months in prison for the cases of the South Interoceanic Highway sections 2 and 3; and ‘Ecoteva’, respectively.
The ex-president’s wife, Eliane Karp, is also included in the proceedings of the Prosecutor’s Office. The former first lady; and her mother, Eva Fernenbug, are involved in the ‘Ecoteva’ case.
Until now, Toledo Manrique’s appeal continues its course. However, it already has a legal strategy if Judge Thomas S. Hixson, of the federal court of the Northern District of California, rules in favor of the Peruvian State.
The legal defense of the former Head of State, made up of several lawyers, has allegedly already contacted the National Prosecutor’s Office – led by Patricia Benavides – to negotiate the possibility of delivering information in exchange for some benefits for Toledo.
As it became known, the investigated would offer details about the accounts in the Principality of Andorra -once his extradition is finalized- where it is estimated that the bribes delivered by the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht (today Novonor) were deposited.
“[La situación se generaría] as a way to obtain legal benefits or to negotiate better prison conditions”, it was indicated.
Currently, there are thirty frozen accounts, in the Private Bank of Andorra, linked to the alleged payments of the company to Toledo. In addition, former arbitrator of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL), Horacio Cánepa, has provided information to the Prosecutor’s Office about this case, however, he would not have provided all the details.
The former president is attributed the alleged crimes of money laundering, collusion and influence peddling. In the past 2019 he was arrested in California, where he has remained in recent years.
In the United States, he also spent eight months in prison for flight risk, despite this, he was released on bail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For now he has an electronic shackle and permanent surveillance.
