House arrest of another former president of Peru

Prosecutors agreed to this measure at a hearing held Friday, given Kuczynski's state of health and his age, said the appeals chamber specialized in corruption crimes in a communicated. The former 80-year-old business banker has been hospitalized since April 16 and received a pacemaker for two hours on Saturday, El Comercio said.

Kuczynski, who resigned from the presidency 13 months ago after claiming to have lied to Congress over his company's relations with the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, was arrested on April 10 and sentenced to prison three years. Prosecutors prepare the charges against you. He is one of the Latin American leaders involved in a corruption scandal involving the major construction companies in the region.

Prosecutors say Kuczynski helped Odebrecht to secure two infrastructure contracts while he was Alejandro Toledo's government minister. They say their investment bank, Westfield Capital, has been used to launder money. Kuczynski baderts that the Odebrecht payments corresponded to legitimate rates for financial services and denies any infringement.

Another former president of Peru, Alan García, he committed suicide this month while the police were at his door, because of a thorough investigation of corruption on the continent that involved four former leaders of the country.