Three former Presidents of Peru are being held at Barbadillo prison in Lima, either under preventive detention order or due to a sentence imposed by the Judiciary.
Find out who they are and the charges they face.
Those former Presidents are Pedro Castillo, Alejandro Toledo, and Ollanta Humala.
Ollanta Humala: Money Laundering Case – Nationalist Party
Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso was President of Peru from 2011 to 2016.
This measure had also applied to his wife, who was held at the Women's Annex in Lima's Chorrillos district. Both were released eight months later, in April 2018.
However, the Judiciary, in a first-instance ruling, found them guilty of money laundering and ordered their return to prison to serve their sentence. Humala has remained at Barbadillo since April 15.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, both allegedly received illicit funds from contributions to the Nationalist Party by Brazilian company Odebrecht and the Venezuelan government to finance the 2006 and 2011 political campaigns.
Pedro Castillo: Crime of Rebellion
Jose Pedro Castillo Terrones was President of the Republic from 2021 to 2022.
The former top official is accused of the crimes of rebellion and conspiracy. He is serving a 36-month preventive detention at Barbadillo Prison.
Similarly, Castillo Terrones is under investigation for the crime of influence peddling to benefit his family members and for being the alleged leader of a criminal organization during his time in office.
Alejandro Toledo: Interoceanic and Ecoteva cases
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique governed the country from 2001 to 2006.
According to the investigation by the Public Ministry (Prosecutor's Office), former Odebrecht Director in Peru, Jorge Barata, testified to authorities that Toledo Manrique had received US$20 million as part of a bribe to secure the contract for Southern Interoceanic Highway Stretches 2 and 3.
Similarly, Toledo Manrique was accused of receiving a payment of US$6 million in exchange for ensuring that the Intersur consortium won the bid for the same project's Stretch 4.
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Published: 4/18/2025