Peruvian justice on Thursday granted bail to opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, who has been on remand for three months as part of a corruption scandal. "The second National Criminal Court of Appeal specialized in organized crime imposes a restrictive summons to Keiko Fujimori Higuchi, after the payment of a financial guarantee of 70,000 soles (about 20,000 dollars, editor's note) within five working days" , announced the institution on its Twitter account.
Keiko Fujimori, 44, recently asked to be suspended because of the risks associated with the coronavirus epidemic. But the justice system finally responded to an earlier request for release presented by his defense. "We have just learned that the justice system has revoked the Keiko preventive prison. Thank God for this opportunity (given to him) to live and take care of his family, ” said his lawyer Giulliana Loza on Twitter.
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The eldest daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) has been serving a 15-month preventive prison sentence since January 29 as part of the Odebrecht corruption scandal, named after a Brazilian building giant who recognized having bribed many Latin American political leaders.
Besides Keiko Fujimori, four former Peruvian presidents -Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), Alan Garcia (1985-1990 and 2006-2011), who committed suicide, Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) ) - were implicated in the Odebrecht scandal. They are suspected of having received money from the Brazilian group, which admitted having paid $ 29 million in bribes between 2005 and 2014.