Peruvian opposition leader Fujimori as a preventive has settled

The Peruvian opposition leader, Keiko Fujimori, must be arrested while waiting for a corruption process in response to allegations of money laundering. That's what a judge decided Wednesday in Lima, reports Reuters

Fujimori, daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, must remain in pretrial detention until three years. Prosecutors can then investigate allegations that they have led a criminal network in his conservative party that allegedly received about $ 1 million in illegal payments from the Brazilian construction company. Odebrecht.

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The 43-year-old politician, arrested last month, denies receiving any money from the company, center of A huge corruption scandal, during her presidential campaign of 2011. 2016, she was running for president. She rejects the accusations of witch hunting for political purposes.

Risk of Fleeing Abroad

Judge Richard Concepcion of the National Criminal Court said Wednesday that Fujimori and his associates had tried to impede the investigation into the case of Odebrecht. . He also felt that there was a risk that Fujimori would fly abroad. He granted the prosecutors' request to detain him for up to three years to enable them to do their job.

Pre-trial detention, or pre-trial detention, is common in Peru, although critics say it is too often the case. used. A Fujimori lawyer said that she was appealing the decision.

Fujimori kissed her husband in court and seemed to struggle with tears.

"We hope that this arbitrary and excessive decision can be corrected," said Ursula Letona, representative of Fujimori's party, the Fuerza Popular

In early October, another court overturned the pardon granted to him. former president Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a prison sentence during his reign from 1990 to 2000. He has since been lying in the hospital