Alejandro Toledo

Peru ex-President Toledo jailed for 20 years over Odebrecht bribes

Peruvian ex-President Alejandro Toledo received a 20-year and six-month prison sentence for accepting bribes from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. The conviction, handed down on Monday, is Peru’s first major verdict related to the widespread Lava Jato corruption scandal. Toledo, a 78-year-old Stanford-educated economist, led the country from 2001 to 2006. Prosecutors proved he accepted $35 million in bribes from Odebrecht…