Peru's Ex-President Ollanta Humala and Wife Sentenced to 15 Years for Money Laundering Involving Odebrecht and Venezuelan Funds

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Peru's Ex-President Ollanta Humala and Wife Sentenced to 15 Years for Money Laundering Involving Odebrecht and Venezuelan Funds

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Ollanta Humala, the former President of Peru, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering related to illicit campaign funds received from the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht and the Venezuelan government during his 2006 and 2011 election campaigns. The sentence was handed down by a Peruvian court, marking Humala as the latest in a series of former Peruvian leaders to be imprisoned. Alongside Humala, his wife Nadine Heredia was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for the same charges. However, Heredia sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in Lima and has been granted diplomatic asylum by Brazil. She and her 14-year-old son, Samin Humala, are set to travel to Brazil, following the issuance of a safe passage by the Peruvian government. Heredia's brother, Ilán Heredia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for money laundering in the same case. The case against Humala and Heredia involves almost $3 million in illegal contributions from Odebrecht and the government of then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The case is part of a broader corruption scandal involving Odebrecht, which has implicated several Peruvian leaders. Humala will serve his sentence at the Barbadillo prison, a facility designated for former Peruvian presidents.

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A court in Peru has sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia to 15 years in prison after being convicted of money laundering. The case is due to a global bribery scandal in which Humala, 62, received “illegal donations” from the Venezuelan government and a Brazilian construction company during his two election campaigns in https://t.co/Yi3eiWLxmB

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Former First Lady of Peru seeks asylum at the Brazilian embassy after being sentenced to prison in a case involving Odebrecht. Nadine Heredia and former president Ollanta Humala were sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crime of money laundering. Check it out: https://t.co/WxbEDd2qEA #JN https://t.co/gOtsimmfxE

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🇵🇪 PERU THROWS ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN JAIL — THIS TIME IT’S HUMALA Ollanta Humala just joined Peru’s unofficial presidential prison club. He and his wife, Nadine Heredia, were each sentenced to 15 years for laundering campaign cash from Brazil’s Odebrecht—yes, that scandal https://t.co/fxK4LLyU8F https://t.co/SKtVInXH77

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🇵🇪⚖️ The #Perú Justice sentenced former president #OllantaHumala (2011-2016) and his wife Nadine Heredia to 15 years in prison for money laundering against the State in the context of the case of the Brazilian construction company #Odebrecht. #VideosLaJornada #EuropaPress https://t.co/bT3rfS65t9

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#CNNChileRadio | We reviewed international news together with journalist Laura Soto: 👉 Ollanta Humala's wife takes asylum in Brazil, after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering 📡 Follow the signal here: https://t.co/AIuGjCzPk0 https://t.co/WpXVv2euUH

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