Key Takeaways
- Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia were sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering.
- The money laundering charges stemmed from alleged illegal contributions made by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to the Nationalist Party.
- The time spent in pretrial detention will be considered time served, with the former president and his wife serving approximately nine months less of their sentence.
Lima: A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison “after finding them guilty of money laundering”.
The decision was handed down on Tuesday by the Third National Collegiate Criminal Court presided by Judge Nayko Coronado, with a majority of the judges voting in favor of the sentence.
The time the former president and his wife have spent in pretrial detention, approximately nine months, is to be considered time served, the court said.
The money laundering charges against the former president and his wife stemmed from alleged illegal contributions that Brazilian construction company Odebrecht made to the Nationalist Party to finance electoral campaigns between 2006 and 2011.
