Peru’s former president Alan Garcia has shot himself after police arrived at his home to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation
FILE PHOTO: Former president of Peru Alan Garcia arrives to the National Prosecution office to testify in Odebrecht case in Lima, Peru February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo/File Photo
Garcia, 69, underwent emergency surgery at the Casimiro Ulloa hospital and suffered three cardiac arrests, Health Minister Zulema Tomas said in broadcast comments. She said he was in “very critical” condition. “Let’s pray to God to give him strength,” Erasmo Reyna, Garcia’s lawyer, told journalists at the hospital.
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