Peru's Judiciary on Monday confirmed an 18-month preventive detention order for former President Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), wife Eliane Karp and other people involved in the Ecoteva case.
The order also includes Israeli entrepreneur Josef Maiman and ex-chief of presidential security team Avi Dan On.
It must be noted the defense of those involved in this case proposed changing the pre-trial detention order to a restricted appearance one.
As is known, the former Head of State was indicted for money laundering in 2013 after irregular real-estate transactions through offshore firm Ecoteva were unveiled. Said company was founded by his mother-in-law Eva Fernenbug.
Ecoteva funds —the source of which remains unclear— were used to buy a series of properties, including Toledo's home in Lima's upper-class neighborhood of Las Casuarinas.
Toledo —already a
fugitive from Peruvian justice— is currently overseas along with his wife. He is believed to be in the State of California in the United States.
Toledo-Odebrecht case
The former top official also faces influence peddling and asset laundering charges within the framework of the Odebrecht graft case.
He was accused of receiving US$20 million in bribes from Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht to secure the Inter-Oceanic Highway contract, a major infrastructure venture connecting Peru and Brazil.
As a result, the Peruvian Judiciary —last February— ordered his preventive detention for an 18-month period. An arrest warrant was issued at the time, both at national and international levels.
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