A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption. Reuters writes about this, reports UNN.
A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison, finding him guilty of receiving bribes years before taking office.
According to the verdict, Vizcarra, while serving as governor of the southern Moquegua region from 2011 to 2014, received bribes equivalent to $676,000 from construction firms in exchange for government contracts.
Throughout the trial, which began last October, Vizcarra denied the charges, claiming he was a victim of political persecution.
He came to power in 2018 after his predecessor resigned, and two years later was removed by Congress amid corruption investigations.
In the 2021 elections, Vizcarra received the most votes of all congressional candidates, but Congress later banned him from holding public office for 10 years for dissolving the legislature in 2019.
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