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Peru’s Former President Kills Himself to Avoid Arrest

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April 18, 2019
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Former Peruvian President, Alan García has died after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations.

Mr. García was rushed to hospital in the capital, Lima. His death was confirmed by current President Martín Vizcarra.

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A crowd of supporters gathered outside the hospital building, and were held back by a line of police officers.

Mr. García was accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht – claims he denied.

Mr. García served as president from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011.

Officers had been sent to arrest him at his home in the affluent Miraflores neighbourhood in connection with the allegations.

Interior Minister Carlos Morán told reporters that when police arrived, Mr. García asked to make a phone call and went into a room and closed the door.

Minutes later, a shot rang out, Mr. Morán said. Police forced the door open and found Mr. García sitting on a chair with a bullet wound to his head.

Ricardo Pinedo, Mr. García’s secretary, said the former president had four or five weapons in his home, gifts he had received from the military, and that he had used one of these to shoot himself.

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He underwent emergency surgery in the Casimiro Ulloa hospital in Lima.

Health Minister Zulema Tomás said Mr. García had to be resuscitated three times after suffering cardiac arrests before finally succumbing to his injuries.

In a post on Twitter, Mr. Vizcarra said he was “shocked” by the former president’s death and sent his condolences to his family.

Omar Quesada, the general secretary of Mr. García’s American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) party, told reporters: “Alan García has died, long live APRA.”

Investigators say he took bribes from Odebrecht during his second term in office, linked to a metro line building project in the capital.

Odebrecht has admitted paying almost $30m (£23m) in bribes in Peru since 2004.

But Mr. García maintained he was the victim of political persecution, writing in a tweet on Tuesday that there was “no clue or evidence” against him.

In November last year he unsuccessfully applied for political asylum in Uruguay.

BBC

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