The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the extradition order of Alejandro Toledo: “It is a recognition of the fight against impunity”

He Ministry of Foreign Relations welcomed this Wednesday the authorization of the United States to extradite the former president alexander Toledo (2001-2006) for corruption offences, as reported by the Office of the Prosecutor.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the determination, communicated through “diplomatic channels”, “is a recognition of the full validity of the institutions of Peru, as well as the independence of the judicial system, and the firm commitment of the State in the fight against corruption and impunity”.

The prosecution’s estimates suggest that the procedure could be completed in a few months. “There is no fixed duration, but as we refine the work between the two states, we hope it will not exceed eight weeks,” he said. RPA Alfredo Rebaza, chief prosecutor of the Office of Extraditions.

The coordinating prosecutor of the Lava Jato special team, Rafael Vela, pointed out that the former president had been informed of the said decision, which will allow him to have the possibility of voluntarily surrendering himself to the American authorities and to facilitate the process. court for his return. for the country.

Resident in the United States, Toledo He was arrested in July 2019 for corruption in his country and is under house arrest at his home in California, guarded by an electronic shackle.

The prosecution is asking for a sentence of 20 years and six months in prison for Toledo, who admitted that Odebrecht paid at least $34 million and that he received some of that money. However, he claims that he is innocent and that it was a deceased businessman, Josef Maiman, who ran these businesses, according to the Peruvian press.

Toledowho studied economics and later earned a master’s degree at the prestigious Stanford University in California, is about to turn 77.

His wife, former Peruvian first lady and anthropologist Eliane Karp, 69, is also singled out by the Peruvian prosecutor in one of the corruption cases and her extradition has also been requested in the United States.

The former president is part of the list of former Peruvian presidents prosecuted or convicted for corruption: Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), Ollanta Humala (2011-2016), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), Martín Vizcarra (2018 – 2020) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2022).