A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Ollanta Humala to 15 years in prison for receiving illicit campaign funds from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, now known as Novonor. Humala’s wife, Nadine Heredia, was also sentenced to 15 years in prison and has requested asylum in the Brazilian embassy in Lima, citing her battle with cancer and denied request for treatment in Brazil. Following the verdict, Humala will likely serve his sentence at a police base where other jailed former leaders are also held. Prosecutors alleged that Humala received the funds in his successful 2011 election campaign against Keiko Fujimori. Humala has denounced the charges as political persecution, with his lawyer vowing to appeal the verdict once the final ruling is issued on April 29. Odebrecht has admitted to bribing governments across Latin America to secure contracts, leading to several former Peruvian presidents being implicated in corruption scandals. In a sweeping graft case known as “Lava Jato,” Humala is the second former president of Peru to be jailed, following the suicide of Alan Garcia and sentences for Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Alejandro Toledo. Former Odebrecht executives have revealed that the company financed almost all presidential candidates in Peru for nearly three decades.
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