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Peru’s Opposition Leader Fujimori Freed From Jail, Reuters Says

Peru’s Opposition Leader Fujimori Freed From Jail, Reuters Says

(Bloomberg) -- Peru’s opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has been released from jail, Reuters reported.

Peru’s Opposition Leader Fujimori Freed From Jail, Reuters Says

Earlier this week, the country’s constitutional court ordered the immediate release of Fujimori, who was serving an 18-month preventive jail sentence as part of a money laundering probe.

Fujimori was jailed in 2018 for obstructing a money laundering probe against her. The 44-year-old daughter of former autocrat Alberto Fujimori allegedly received $1 million in campaign donations from Odebrecht SA, the Brazilian builder at the center of Peru’s biggest-ever bribery probe. She hasn’t been formally charged and says the allegations are politically motivated.

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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Shamim Adam at sadam2@bloomberg.net

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