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Peru has four former presidents in prison: Toledo, Humala, Castillo and Vizcarra

The preventive detention order issued on Wednesday against former President Martin Vizcarra (2018–2020) means that Peru now has a quartet of former presidents in prison, with four coinciding —some serving ongoing sentences and others immersed in active judicial proceedings due to alleged corruption cases.

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Peru: Martin Vizcarra confined at Barbadillo Penitentiary

Former President Martín Vizcarra will serve a five-month preventive detention ordered by the Judiciary at Lima-based Barbadillo Penitentiary Establishment, the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) announced on Thursday.

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