00:00Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was convicted of taking bribes from Brazilian
00:07construction giant Odebrecht and was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison on Monday.
00:14The verdict marks Peru's first high-profile conviction related to Brazil's continent-spanning
00:19Lava Jato corruption scandal.
00:21Toledo, a 78-year-old economist who holds a doctorate from Stanford University, governed
00:27the Andean nation between 2001 and 2006.
00:32He was convicted of taking $35 million in bribes from the company formerly known as
00:38Odebrecht in exchange for letting it win a contract to build the road that now connects
00:44Peru's southern coast with an Amazonian area in western Brazil.
00:48During the year-long trial, Toledo denied the money laundering and collusion charges.
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