(15 Apr 2025)
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Lima, Peru – 15 April 2025
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1. Various shots of former president Ollanta Humala arriving in court for his trial, surrounded by security personnel escorting him
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2. Humala in court
3. Various of judges of the National Superior Court
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nayko Coronado, Judge:
"I declare Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso, Nadine Heredia Alarcón and Ilán Paul Heredia Alarcón, co-authors of the crime of aggravated money laundering."
5. Judge Coronado during trial
6. Ex-president Humala in court listening to his sentence
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nayko Coronado, Judge:
“I impose on Mr. Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso, the sentence of 15 years of effective imprisonment.”
8. Court and police escorting ex-president away
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9. Outside court
10. Women in support of Humala, shouting "Corrupt" to the prosecutors who were speaking to the media
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rafael Vela, prosecutor:
"A former Constitutional President of the Republic, in Peru, is accountable and in Peru can be sentenced."
12. Press
STORYLINE:
A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to finance his 2006 and 2011 campaigns.
The judges of the National Superior Court found that Humala and Heredia received several million dollars in illegal contributions for these campaigns from Odebrecth and the government of then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013).
This verdict makes Humala the third former Peruvian president imprisoned for corruption in the last two decades. He joins Alejandro Toledo, sentenced in 2024 to 20 years for Odebrecht-related crimes, and Alberto Fujimori, who received multiple convictions for corruption and human rights abuses.
The trial began in 2022, and alongside the 62-year-old former military officer Humala and his 48-year-old wife, the court convicted eight others. Both Humala and Heredia were held in pretrial detention from 2017 to 2018 at the prosecutor’s request to prevent their flight.
Odebrecht’s 2016 admission of widespread bribery across Latin America preceded the initial investigations against Humala, which started in 2015, a year before the company’s revelations.
Most of the presidents who governed Peru since 2001 have faced legal problems due to their connections with Odebrecht. Toledo is currently imprisoned, while former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is under house arrest. Alan García, who served two non-consecutive terms (1985-1990 and 2006-2011), died by suicide in 2019 as authorities moved to arrest him in connection with Odebrecht bribes.
Beyond former presidents, prominent figures like former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori and numerous ex-governors are also under investigation.
AP video by Cesar Barreto
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