On Tuesday, a Peruvian court sentenced former President Ollanta Humala to 15 years in jail for collecting illegal campaign contributions from a Brazilian construction business, making him the country’s most recent former leader to be imprisoned.
Humala and his wife were suspected of receiving payments from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, now known as Novonor, during his victorious 2011 election campaign.
Nadine Heredia, Humala’s wife, was also sentenced to 15 years in jail on Tuesday.
According to Peru’s foreign ministry, Heredia went to the Brazilian embassy in Lima after the decision and requested refuge.
According to one of Humala’s Brazilian lawyers, Marco Aurelio de Carvalho, Heredia had cancer and had previously asked permission to fly to Brazil for treatment, but the request was denied.
In talks with the Peruvian government, Brazil is negotiating a safe conduct path that would allow Heredia to leave Peru and travel to Brazil, a Brazilian government source said. The source declined to be named as the ongoing talks are confidential.
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