"¡Paga, carajo!": The request of the former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to collect the bribes of Odebrecht

Brazilian company Odebrecht paid $ 31 million in bribes to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), reports the Peruvian portal IDL Reporters, which quotes statements from the former head of the country's firm Jorge Barata.

According to the website, Barata made the remarks Wednesday in front of Peruvian prosecutors during the interrogation held in Curitiba (Brazil) about money handed over to a series of Peruvian politicians, including several former presidents.

The former chief executive in Peru said that bribes of $ 27 million had been paid to Toledo through the intermediary of businessman Yosef Maiman and that 4 millions more were without this intermediary. Barata said that documents proving the payment of these 4 million (for campaign funds) can be found in the package of 4,000 folios of records of the sector of structured operationswhich will deliver to the Peruvian authorities.

"Hey Barata, bad pay!"Toledo complained to Barata, according to the former executive in his recent statement.

IDL Reporters He added that, according to Barata's testimony, irregular payments were made three to four times a year.

The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office accused Toledo of allegedly asking for a $ 20 million bribe for the construction of the South Inter-Oceanic Highway (see details at the bottom of the note), following Odebrecht's initial statements in US court.

The former Peruvian leader is still in the United States since the opening of the investigation opened against him almost three years ago and the Ministry of Justice is requesting the extradition of prosecutions to the United States. Peru for money laundering.

The $ 27 million was delivered to the accounts of Toledo 's businessman and friend, Josef Maiman, who investigated and sued the former president for money laundering. money, with whom he created a screen company for real estate purchases in Lima.

Barata is committed to providing the documents to support illegal payments for the four million dollars, within the 4,000 pages of the Structured Operations Sector that he offered to Peruvian prosecutors in the Lava Jato case.

That day, the prosecutors, led by Rafael Vela, led the interrogation to clarify the bribes on the southern interoceanic highway, as well as on line 1 of the Lima metro, work performed under the second government of the former president Alan García.

In this document, the construction plan of the interoceanic highway and its pbadage in Peru: