Alejandro Toledo was convicted of taking bribes from firm Odebrecht and sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison on Monday.
Peru vian former President Alejandro Toledo was convicted of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison on Monday.
The verdict marks Peru's first high-profile conviction related to Brazil's continent-spanning Lava Jato corruption scandal. The sentence was announced in a room set up in a small Lima prison where Toledo has been detained since last year.
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