LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was released from prison Friday after spending 13 months in pre-trial detention in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Her release comes days after the country’s Constitutional Court ordered her freed in a ruling related only to her detention and which otherwise has no bearing on the corruption case against her. “For me, it was the most painful event of my life,” […]
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Peruvian police arrest Keiko Fujimori in Odebrecht probe
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Police in Peru have arrested Keiko Fujimori, the opposition leader and daughter of the South American country’s disgraced ex-president, for alleged money laundering involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, her lawyer said Wednesday. The 43-year-old was arrested on the orders of prosecutors investigating contributions to her campaign when she ran for president in 2011, according to her lawyer Giuliana Loza. “Persecution has been disguised as […]





