00:00Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced once to 13 years and four months
00:05in prison for money laundering marking his second conviction in the sweeping corruption
00:10case tied to Brazilian construction giant Aldebrecht. Prosecutors accused Toledo of
00:16accepting $35 million in bribes from Aldebrecht in exchange for greenlighting a major highway
00:22project during his presidency from 2001 to 2006. He is the latest in a string of Peruvian
00:29leaders implicated in the scandal which has rocked Latin America since Aldebrecht admitted
00:35in 2016 debt to paying massive bribes to secure public contracts across the region. Toledo
00:42now, 79, is serving his sentence at a police base in Lima alongside other former presidents
00:48facing similar charges.
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