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NY Times, April 17, 2019
Alan García, Ex-President of Peru, Is Dead After Shooting Himself During
Arrest
By Andrea Zarate and Nicholas Casey
LIMA, Peru — A former president of Peru died on Wednesday after shooting
himself in the head when the authorities tried to arrest him in
connection with one of the biggest corruption scandals in Latin American
history.
A personal secretary for the former president, Alan García, 69,
confirmed his death.
The secretary, Ricardo Pineda, also told a Peruvian radio station that
as the authorities arrived at the former president’s home with an arrest
warrant, he locked himself into his bedroom, shot himself and was rushed
to a hospital.
The charges relate to Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction giant, which
last year admitted to $800 million in payoffs in exchange for lucrative
contracts for projects including roads, dams and bridges.
That revelation set off a flurry of investigations by prosecutors and
lawmakers, principally in Latin America, as they sought to learn who was
on the receiving end of the payments.
Last week, prosecutors detained Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the predecessor
to the country’s current president, in an investigation related to the
case. They have asked that he be held up to three years as they gather
evidence.
Alejandro Toledo, who was president in the early 2000s, is wanted for
extradition from the United States; Ollanta Humala, Mr. García’s
successor, was detained as well, before being released.
Mr. García served as president from 1985 to 1990, and then another term
from 2006 to 2011, presiding over an economic collapse in his first term
and an expansion in his second.
His second term became the point of investigation for prosecutors, who
began to examine whether campaign contributions for Mr. García’s
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance party were tied to the Odebrecht
scandal.
After the authorities issued a travel ban for Mr. García, he fled to the
Uruguayan Embassy in Lima to request asylum. Uruguay rejected the request.
On Wednesday morning, the Peruvian authorities ordered an initial 10-day
detention of Mr. García on accusations of money laundering, influence
peddling and collusion. The measure allows officials to hold suspects
before charges are formally presented.
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