Peru approves the extradition of Alejandro Toledo to the US 1:43
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The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office reported on Tuesday that the United States Department of State granted the extradition of former Peruvian President Alejando Toledo, who is accused of corruption in his country.
Toledo is accused in Peru of collusion and money laundering, the Prosecutor's Office said on Twitter.
In this sense, he added that the agency's Office for International Judicial Cooperation and Extraditions is coordinating with "national and foreign authorities for the upcoming execution of his extradition."
CNN is trying to confirm this information with the US State Department, as well as to contact the former president's defense to request their reaction.
In September 2021, a California judge endorsed this extradition.
At the time, the former president's lawyer said they would file an appeal to try to overturn the decision.
US judge endorses the extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo to Peru
According to the Peruvian authorities, Toledo, who ruled the country between 2001 and 2006, would have received up to US$30 million in alleged bribes from the construction company Odebrecht to favor the Brazilian company when doing business in the country.
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The former president was arrested in July 2019, in response to an extradition order sent to the US in May 2018. Toledo is under house arrest in California.
At the time, Toledo denied the accusations and called them political persecution.
He went to the US in 2017.
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