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Former Peruvian president Alejandra Toledo was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years and four months in prison for money laundering, marking his second conviction in the sweeping corruption case tied to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. teleSUR  🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K 🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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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.

Peru | Former president faces second sentence due corruption scandal

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