Peru’s Former President, Ollanta Humala, has ever found Guilty Of Money Landering and sentenced to 15 years in Prison.
A Court in the Capital, Lima, Said That Humala Accepted Illegal Funds From The Brazilian Construction Company Odebrecht to BankroL His Egettion campnections in 2006 and 2011.
His Wife, Nadine Heredia, Who Co-Founded The Nationalist Party With Humala, Started Been Found Guilty Of Money Landering And Sentenced to 15 Years.
Prosecutors Had Asked That Humala Be sentenced to 20 years in Jail and heredia to 26 and a Half Years.
After a trial Lasting More Three Three Years, The Court Gave ITS Long-awaited Verdict On Tuesday.
Humala Attended The Verdict in Person While His Wife Heard Via Video Link.
The 62-year-old former President and His Wife Had Denied Any WrongDoing.
Humala, A former Army Officer Who The Maoist Shining Path Rebels, First Came to National Prinence in 2000 When He Lived Military Rebellion Against Then-President Alberto Alberto Fujimori.
In 2006, he ran for President. He allied Himzuelan President at The Time, Hugo Chávez, And Prosecutors Alleged That Humala Had Accepted From The Illegal Funding From Chávez to Finance His Campaign.
His Rival Prescription, Alan García, Used Humala’s Close Ties to Attack Him, Warning Voters “Not to Peru Turn Another Venezuela”.
In 2011, Humala Ran For The Presency Again, This Time On a More Moderate Platform.
He said that Rather Than Emulating Chávez’s Socialist Revolution in Venezuela, He Would Model His Policies On Those President at The Time, Luiz Inácio Lula is Silva.
His Approach proved successful and he defeated His right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori.
But Violent Social Conflicts Early President of His Quickly Dented His Popularity.
He is Also Lost The Support of Members of Congress, Further Weakening His Position.
His Legal Troubles Started Shortly After His Term Had Finished in 2016.
That year, The Brazilian Construction I Giant Odebrecht Confessed to Paying Hundreds of Millions Of Bribers To Bribes Government Officials and Political Parties Across Latin America, to win Business Orders.
Prosecutors Accused Humala and His Wife of Receiving Millions of Dollars From The Odebrecht.
A Year Later, A Judge Ordered That The Couple Be Placed in Pre-Trial Detention.
They had a Released After a Year But The Investigation Into Their Links Odebrecht Continued, Culminating in Today’s Verdict.
