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Ecoteva case: Alejandro Toledo oral trial to continue on June 6 and 13

Photo: Judiciary of Peru

Photo: Judiciary of Peru

09:14 | Lima, May. 31.

The Peruvian Judiciary has decided that the next sessions of the oral trial of former President Alejandro Toledo over the Ecoteva case will be held on June 6 and 13.

This was announced by Judge Josefa Izaga, of the Ninth Liquidating Criminal Chamber of the Superior Justice Court of Lima. Both sessions will start at 2:15 p.m. (local time).

At the hearing last Tuesday, the Public Ministry continued to present documentary evidence against defendants Eliane Karp and her mother, Eva Fernenbug.


The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the purchase of two properties in Lima under the name of Toledo's mother-in-law and the payment of mortgages on two assets owned by the former head of state.

The prosecutorial thesis claims that these operations were paid off with illicit money from Ecoteva Consulting Group a company established in Costa Rica and registered in a tax haven, of which Fernenbug was CEO.

On May 10, former First Lady Eliane Karp —born in Belgium— traveled from the United States to Israel, a country where she also has citizen status.


Alejandro Toledo

Her husband Alejandro Toledo —who was extradited from the U.S. last April— is being investigated by the Peruvian justice for having allegedly received a bribe worth US$35 million from Brazilian construction companies to favor them in the bidding for the South Interoceanic Highway, while he was President of the Republic (2001-2006).


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Published: 5/31/2023