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In connection with the extradition of the former president Alejandro Toledoapproved by the US Department of State UNITED STATES (EU), the ad hoc prosecutor in charge of the Lava Jato case, Silvana Carrion, provided some details of the ongoing investigation.
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The United States gave the green light to the extradition last September, although the final decision was left to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Toledo is accused of receiving millionaire bribes from Brazilian company Odebrecht
The official said there is no conviction against the former president, however, she reaffirmed that the file contains strong evidence that will prove the guilt of the person under investigation.
Currently, Toledo Manrique is under investigation for the alleged crimes of collusion and money laundering. For these tax charges, he faces twenty years and six months in prison; and another of 16 years and eight months in prison for the Southern Interoceanic Highway cases – sections 2 and 3 and ‘Ecoteva’, respectively.
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According to the prosecution, the former Peruvian president and husband of Eliane Karp received $31 million in bribes from the Brazilian construction company.
“This is probably one of the most comprehensive cases the working group has. On this (Southern Interoceanic) there is reliable evidence because the corrupting party, which was Odebrechtdelivered documented information of all such payments, testimonially admitting the payment of bribes, as well as documentary, outflows of money through the Structured Transactions Division,” he commented in a dialogue with RPP.
Afterwards, he explained that the attorney general’s office had requested a sum of approximately 1.8 billion soles in this survey. On this, he specified that the sum would be distributed, after a judgment, between all the condemned.
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Senior prosecutor Alfredo Rebaza, head of the National Prosecutor’s Office for Extraditions, announced that Peruvian and American authorities will coordinate the route, air means, date and time of the transfer of the former Peruvian president being investigated for corruption.
In this case, there are approximately thirty people who are the subject of a joint investigation with Mr. Toledo. Public officials, accomplices, among others,” he explained.
About the people surveyed, Carrion quoted at the top Toledo Manriqueto the ex-workers of the committee which awarded the good pro to Odebrechtetc
“We have sought civil redress (…) against all those under investigation in the case. Let us remember that reparation, when we ask for it, must be in solidarity. Then the judge will decide the corresponding thing, through the oral trial and the sentence (…) That (Alejandro Toledo) pays for the crimes he has committed”, he declared.