Lima (EFE).- Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) arrived in Peru this Sunday, guarded by police, extradited from the United States to be tried for the process opened against him for the alleged millionaire bribes from the Odebrecht company for awarded the construction of two sections of the southern Interoceanic highway.
Toledo arrived at the Jorge Chávez airport on a commercial flight from Los Angeles, amid the expectation of the Peruvian authorities and the local press, who are waiting for him outside the terminal and at the headquarters of the Judiciary where he will be transferred for a identity recognition audience.
The National Police guarantees security
The ex-president got off the plane in handcuffs, after being handed over by United States marshals to agents of the Peruvian National Police, and taken to the Police Aviation Directorate (DIPA) near the Jorge Chávez airport.
The National Police confirmed that the General Commander of the National Police, General Jorge Angulo, was present on the arrival in Toledo, together with the high police command to guarantee the safety of the former president as part of the extradition process.
The Prosecutor of the Nation (general), Patricia Benavides, and the head of International Cooperation and Extraditions of the Public Ministry, Alfredo Rebaza, entered the Police Aviation Directorate to verify the delivery of Toledo to the Peruvian authorities, according to the press. local.
In this environment, Toledo will also be examined by medical examiners, before being formally handed over to the Judiciary for the identity control procedure.
After his evaluation by Legal Medicine and his hearing before a judge, Toledo will presumably be taken by the prison authorities to the Barbadillo prison, in the Ate district, where former presidents Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2021) are being held. 2022).
Claimed by Justice since 2017
Sued by the Peruvian Justice since 2017, the founder of the Perú Posible party is accused of having allegedly received some 35 million dollars from the Odebrecht company, after favoring it in the bidding for contracts for the construction of the South Interoceanic Route that connects Peru with Brazil .
The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office has requested for him sentences of 20 years and 6 months in prison for the concession of sections 2 and 3 of this highway; 35 years for section 4, and 16 years and 8 months for alleged money laundering in the Ecoteva Case.
In March of this year, the Public Ministry also requested the expropriation of the real estate of the former head of the Peruvian Executive and his family environment.
The politician popularly known as “El Cholo” has exhausted all available resources and legal figures to avoid his extradition and remain under house arrest.
Last Wednesday, federal judge Thomas S. Hixson, of the Northern District Court of California, ordered that he turn himself in to execute his extradition to Peru, to which the US Department of State had given the green light two months earlier. .