LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes while serving as governor of a southern state.
Vizcarra was sentenced to immediate imprisonment and a nine-year ban from public office. He is expected to appeal the decision.
“This is not justice, it is revenge,” Vizcarra said on social media. “But they will not break me.”
Vizcarra alleged his sentence was retribution for “standing up” to the right-wing political groups that control Congress, among which the influence of the late former President Alberto Fujimori is particularly prominent. Vizcarra clashed with these groups when he led the South American country between 2018 and 2020 and eventually dissolved Congress.
The criminal court in the capital, Lima, concluded that Vizcarra received illegal payments from companies in exchange for awarding them contracts for two major projects — an irrigation system and the construction of a hospital — during his time as governor of Moquegua.
These are the Peruvian presidents that where either sentenced to prison or are still held in preventive prison
Fujimori
Toledo
Humala
Castillo (preventive prison)
Vizcarra
Leguia, died in prison
Kuczynski (currently free, was in prison but he is still being judged)
And, special place for:
García, who didn’t actually go to prison cause he killed himself when the cops where at his door to take him to prison.
Wow, must be nice.
Imagine a government holding corrupt officials accountable
Hey Donald check it out!