A judge on Tuesday ordered Susana Villaran, the former mayor of the Peruvian cap...
FILE PHOTO: Lima's Mayor Susana Villaran waves after casting her ballot during the city's mayor recall election in Lima March 17, 2013. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil/File Photo
Judge Jorge Chavez said Villaran would seek to obstruct an ongoing corruption probe unless detained before trial, despite her vow to cooperate with authorities.In Peru, criminal suspects can be held in so-called preventive prison for up to three years before trial. Since late 2016, when Odebrecht admitted publicly to bribing officials across Latin America and parts of Africa, all four of Peru’s most recent presidents have received preventive prison sentences. Last month, one former president, Alan Garcia, killed himself as authorities arrived at his house to arrest him.
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