Peru ex-president Toledo taken to prison in Lima

Former President Alejandro Toledo arrived in Lima on Sunday after being extradited from the United States to face charges he allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes in a giant corruption scandal that has ensnared four of Peru’s ex-presidents.

Toledo was seen Sunday night being transferred National Police Division where Barbadillo prison is located. He was Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006, had surrendered to U.S. authorities on Friday, ending a years long legal battle against his extradition, which started in 2019 when he was arrested at his home in Menlo Park, California.

He will serve 18 months of preventative detention while he is investigated for allegedly taking at least $20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a giant Brazilian construction company that has admitted to U.S. authorities that it bribed officials to win contracts throughout Latin America for decades.