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Peru's ex-President Kuczynski conveyed to Lima's Prefecture

ANDINA/Difusión

13:27 | Lima, Apr. 10.

Police agents on Wednesday brought ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to Lima's Prefecture as part of a preliminary detention order from Peru's Judicial Branch.

Earlier on Wednesday, he was taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine, also in downtown Lima.

Kuczynski left his house —in Lima's San Isidro district— at 12:12 P.M. in front of the media.

The former Head of State got in a white SUV with tinted windows that was escorted by several police vehicles.

He went through preliminary detention-related procedures, including a medical examination and an identity check.

Kuczynski is detained for 10 days over alleged asset laundering crimes to the detriment of the Peruvian State.

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As is known, the investigation is based on projects linked to Brazilian corruption-tainted Odebrecht company's South Interoceanic Highway Project —Stretches 2 and 3— (South IIRSA) and Olmos Irrigation Project. Both of them had been awarded to the corporation.

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski served as President of Peru between July 2016 and March 2018. He offered his resignation on March 21 following the release of secret recordings that entangled him in a scandal on the eve of an impeachment vote.

Back then, a group of legislators from opposition parties filed a presidential impeachment motion —on the grounds of moral incapacity— after he had survived a previous impeachment vote back in December.

This new motion was intended to oust Kuczynski for alleged links with Odebrecht.

El expresidente Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ingresa a evaluación médica en el Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses del Ministerio Público, tras orden de detención preliminar https://t.co/4YxmOIRpMm
Video: @FiscaliaPeru pic.twitter.com/665tQoBumJ
— Agencia Andina (@Agencia_Andina) 10 de abril de 2019

[?? Fotogalería] Expresidente Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ingresa al Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses de @FiscaliaPeru, tras orden de detención preliminar https://t.co/sz0K5ukSb1 pic.twitter.com/MO9P8py6I2
— Agencia Andina (@Agencia_Andina) 10 de abril de 2019

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Published: 4/10/2019

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