{"id":5291,"date":"2017-02-20T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2017-02-19T19:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T00:32:48","slug":"former-peruvian-president-toledo-sought-following-bribery-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2017\/02\/20\/former-peruvian-president-toledo-sought-following-bribery-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Peruvian President Toledo Sought Following Bribery Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joshua Corpuz<\/strong>
\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On February 12, current President of Peru, Pablo Pedro Kuczynski, asked United States President Donald Trump to deport former President Alejandro Toledo Manrique from the United States.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Peruvian Supreme Court ordered the arrest and detention of Toledo in order to investigate a large bribery he received during his presidency.<\/p>\n

Toledo, a former pro-democracy activist, has the warrant out for his arrest due to corruption and bribery from the Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht.<\/p>\n

The alleged bribery Toledo received was in the form of $29 million for projects to be built during his own administration, from 2001 to 2006, and were continued through two of his successors. Odebrecht\u2019s end goal was to build a major highway from Brazil to Peru\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Odebrecht was legally permitted to participate in the auction to build two highways, despite a ban on companies bidding for government contracts under the presidency of Toledo.<\/p>\n

According to BBC News<\/a>, Odebrecht admitted they \u2018paid nearly $800 million in bribes to governments across Latin America\u2019 as a part of their plea deal with the US justice department.<\/p>\n

As a result, Odebrecht used the bribes across Latin America to win business in 12 different countries. Three officials have been arrested for this embezzlement.<\/p>\n

In order to strengthen Peru’s fight against corruption, Kuczynski claimed he would allocate a larger budget<\/a>. It would entail \u201ca bigger budget for prosecutors as well as rewards and protections for whistleblowers, and a permanent ban on contracting with the state for companies that engage in graft\u201d.<\/p>\n

An international hunt for the arrest of Toledo has been procured by the Peruvian government. A judge in Peru issued an international arrest warrant for Toledo, as reported by the Jerusalem Post<\/a>. The government offered a 100,000 soles ($30,000) reward for any information leading to his capture. Peru has stated Interpol issued a red alert to 190 member countries to help find him. However, Toledo\u2019s name does not appear on Interpol\u2019s list of wanted persons.<\/p>\n

Kuczynski appeared on television the evening of February 8, and called Toledo to return to Peru in order to rectify the legal issue pertaining to the bribery.<\/p>\n

On that same evening, rumors spread that Toledo was going to fly out to Israel to meet up with his wife, Eliane Karp, who has Israeli citizenship.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed that Toledo would be denied entry into the country, even though Israel does not have an extradition treaty with Peru.<\/p>\n

Toledo did not fly into Israel on February 8, nor are his current whereabouts known. The Boston Herald<\/a> speculated that Toledo may be residing in San Francisco, California acting as a visiting scholar at Stanford University.<\/p>\n

Toledo is also connected to economic corruption within Israel. He is good friends with Israeli businessman Yosef Maiman, who prosecutors accuse of acting as a middleman for at least $10 million in alleged bribes. Reuters<\/a> explained. Prosecutors also added that a former Odebrecht executive has said he personally negotiated the bribes with Toledo in Rio de Janeiro in 2004.<\/p>\n

Toledo claims that if he were to return to Peru, he would want to be guaranteed a fair trial, but Judge Richard Concepcion ordered 18 months \u201cpreventive\u201d prison when he issued an arrest warrant, according to The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite denying the fugitive status given to him by his home country of Peru, Toledo recently tweeted<\/a>, \u201cI have never run away\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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