Uruguay rejects asylum claim of former Peruvian President Alan García | World

"Uruguay has not granted asylum to former president Alan García, he has already left this residence, everything else is on the side of governments. peace, "said Ambbadador Barros, according to the Efe News Agency.

García was at the Uruguayan Embbady in Lima since September 17, with a provisional amparo during the case study.

It is the subject of an investigation for alleged involvement in corruption and money laundering cases in the context of a bribe scandal paid by Odebrecht for the construction of line 1 of the Lima metro.

As he lives in Madrid since 2016, a judge banned him on the last day from leaving Peru for a period of 18 months, during the investigation. The former president agreed, but a few hours later he asked for diplomatic asylum in Uruguay, pleading for political persecution.

The decision made by the President of Uruguay and the country's foreign minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, was based on "strictly legal considerations" and on the detailed report sent by the Peruvian government, of 39, about a thousand pages.

Vázquez told the press that the case "was not a political persecution" and he added that "the three state powers operate autonomously and freely in Peru, especially in the judicial system ".

"We do not accept the request for asylum because in Peru, the autonomous and free operation of the three powers of the state and the judiciary affect investigations," he said. declared.

As part of a leniency agreement with the US Department of Justice following Lava Jato's investigations, Odebrecht admitted paying $ 788 million between 2001 and 2016 to government officials, representatives of these employees and political parties. Brazil and 11 other countries. For the US agency, it is the "biggest case of international corruption in history".

The Brazilian contractor paid a bribe to secure contracts in more than 100 projects in Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique , Panama, Peru and Venezuela, in accordance with the Agreement.

In Peru, the contractor admitted to the United States Department of Justice to have paid bribes of $ 29 million to Peruvian officials between 2005 and 2014, during which time the governments Toledo (2001-2006), Alan García (2006-2011) and Ollanta Humala (2011-2016).