Peru court sentences ex-president Humala to 15 years in Odebrecht graft case

A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Ollanta Humala and his wife to 15 years in prison for graft linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction group Odebrecht paying bribes to politicians.

The court found the 62-year-old Humala and his wife guilty of money laundering for receiving illegal contributions from Odebrecht and the Venezuelan government in two presidential campaigns. Humala, a former army officer who led the country from 2011 to 2016, in 2022 became the first ex-president of Peru to go on trial in the Odebrecht corruption scandal that has also seen three other former presidents charged.