There national prosecutor’s office as of now, a stage of coordination with the American authorities will begin so that the extradition of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledoindicted for the offenses of collusion and money laundering in the Odebrecht case, be executed as soon as possible.
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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 was reported by Principal Prosecutor Alfredo Rebaza, Head of the Extradition Office of the National Public Prosecutor’s Officewho estimated that the extradition of the former head of state, from the United States to Peru, could take less than two months.
“In fact, at this time, we can confirm that the United States Department of State through a diplomatic note informed the Peruvian authorities that the extradition of the citizen has been obtained Alexandre Toledo Manrique which is under investigation for crimes of money laundering and collusion,” the official said.
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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
With this official notification, a coordination phase between the Peruvian authorities, made up of the Public minister, Foreign Relations, Minister of the Interiorthere Interpol and the US authorities in order to determine what the procedure would be and how the transfer of Toledo Manrique would be carried out.
“It could take a few days, I don’t know how many, but let’s understand that the decision of the United States in both stages, the judicial one as well as the executive one, has granted the extradition from the Peruvian State”, has said the lead prosecutor.
Also head of the extradition office sostuvo que, una vez que las autoridades norteamericanas informen al Perú que el exmandatario ya está dispuesto para su extradition, el Estado peruano enviará a relation de personas que ejecutarán el traslado, se definirá la ruta, el medio aéreo, así como el día exacto y time.
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“In this regard, we do not have an established deadline at the moment, which will be dating product there Agreements which will be taken for the purposes of knowing how to execute this decision which will be taken in the following days,” said Rebaza.
This Tuesday, the Public minister confirmed, via his official Twitter account, that the state department of the United States granted the extradition of former president Alejandro Toledowho was monitored by US authorities via an electronic chain at a home in the state of California.
“We understand that US authorities exercise strict control and surveillance over his whereabouts. Toledo Manrique. We consider that there will be no problem for the execution of this command. They with their location will be able to make it available to the judicial authorities guaranteeing all their rights for the purposes of the trial and the request for preventive detention. And if he is under investigation for other crimes, he will have to ask the extension of extradition for these processes,” commented the Supreme Prosecutor.
Toledo Manrique is being investigated by the Peruvian courts for the alleged collection of a 35 million dollar bribe from the Brazilian company Odebrecht to favor them in the call for tenders for the interoceanic highway.
As part of this process, on February 8, 2017, the Judge Richard Concepcion Carhuancho He ordered an 18-month preventive detention against him, as well as his international arrest.
He Public minister demanded 20 years and 6 months of imprisonment against the former head of state for the crimes of collusion and money laundering for, allegedly, having received bribes from the Odebrecht company in exchange for the granting of the concession in the works of the State.
Toledo has an order of preventive prisonand when he arrives in the country he might be admitted to a prison, which would be in the Diroes, on account of his classification as a former president, that is still a classification that the COMMIT, reported the ad hoc lawyer for the Lava Jato case, Silvana Carrión.