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Peru asks Trump to consider deporting ex-President Alejandro Toledo | Peru asks Trump to consider deporting ex-President Alejandro Toledo |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to consider deporting fugitive ex-Peruvian leader Alejandro Toledo. | |
Mr Toledo, who is believed to be in San Francisco, is accused of taking $20m (£16m) in bribes, which he denies. He says he is the victim of a witch-hunt. | |
In the phone call on Sunday, Mr Kuczynski asked Mr Trump to "evaluate" the situation. | In the phone call on Sunday, Mr Kuczynski asked Mr Trump to "evaluate" the situation. |
So far efforts to arrest Mr Toledo have been stifled by legal complications. | So far efforts to arrest Mr Toledo have been stifled by legal complications. |
Reward | |
Mr Toledo governed Peru from 2001 to 2006 and is accused of receiving money from Brazilian building firm Odebrecht in return for a contract to build stretches of a highway linking the country with Brazil. | |
A reward of $30,000 has been offered for any information leading to Mr Toledo's capture. | |
The US has said that it is unable to arrest the ex-leader until further information on the case against him has been shared, Peruvian officials say. | The US has said that it is unable to arrest the ex-leader until further information on the case against him has been shared, Peruvian officials say. |
Authorities in Peru, who requested Mr Toledo's arrest last week on charges of corruption, had feared that he could try to fly to Israel. | |
Mr Toledo is a visiting professor at Stanford University and his wife, Eliane Karp, has Israeli citizenship. | Mr Toledo is a visiting professor at Stanford University and his wife, Eliane Karp, has Israeli citizenship. |
However Israel's foreign ministry said in a statement that Mr Toledo would not be allowed entry into the country until "his affairs in Peru are settled". | |
'No fugitive' | |
In a statement published on Twitter [in Spanish], the former Peruvian president denied he was a fugitive arguing he had left Peru before any charges were brought against him. | |
He said he would defend his "good name under conditions under which I'm not prejudged to be guilty". | |
Odebrecht, the firm he allegedly received bribes from, is at the centre of a multi-national corruption scandal. | |
It admitted, as part of a plea deal with the US justice department, to paying nearly $800m in bribes to governments across Latin America. | |
The company said it paid $29m in Peru to secure contracts between 2005 and 2014. | The company said it paid $29m in Peru to secure contracts between 2005 and 2014. |
That time spans the presidencies of Mr Toledo and his two successors in office, Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala, who have also denied any wrongdoing. | That time spans the presidencies of Mr Toledo and his two successors in office, Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala, who have also denied any wrongdoing. |