Alan Garcia, who served twice as President of Peru, has died in Lima at the age of 69 over a self-inflicted shot to the head.
Garcia was in the operating room, and his health was in a "very serious condition," said Health Minister Zulema Tomas after he was taken to Lima-based Casimiro Ulloa Hospital.
Dozens of police have redoubled security at the health facility, where his relatives and fellow party-members are gathered.
As is known, the Judiciary ordered the
preliminary arrest of Garcia, as well as of the former Secretary-General of the Presidency Luis Nava and former Petroperu Vice-President Miguel Atala, and their respective sons Jose Antonio Nava and Samir Atala,
among other people.
Alan Garcia served as President of Peru between 1985-1990 and 2006-2011.
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