PERU
A Shocking End
Peru’s former President Alan García shot himself in the head and died Wednesday when police arrived at his home to arrest him on corruption charges.
It was a shocking end for a politician who had won Peru’s highest office twice before becoming embroiled in the probe into graft involving the construction giant Odebrecht that has shaken the corridors of power across the region, USA Today reported.
When the police arrived, García asked to be allowed to call his lawyer, then retreated to a bedroom on the pretext of doing so and closed the door. Moments later, the police heard a gunshot and forced their way into the room, Interior Minister Carlos Morán said.
Suspected of taking a bribe of more than $100,000 in the guise of a payment to speak at a conference in Brazil, García had insisted he was innocent and claimed that the case was politically motivated. He applied for asylum in Uruguay but he returned home four months ago when his request was rejected.
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