The Peruvian prosecutor’s office requested preventive detention for conservative politician Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Fuerza Popular party and who is accused of alleged money laundering, days after her trip to the United States to participate in different events.
In a statement released Thursday night, the Public Ministry added that a judge will evaluate the request on June 12, but did not indicate the reasons why it is requesting the measure against the policy.
Fujimori, 48, is accused of alleged money laundering with the millions of dollars she would have received from Odebrecht and other Peruvians, who gave her cash in suitcases for her failed presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2016. She was also defeated in the 2021 presidential elections.
The trial for alleged money laundering will begin on July 1. The prosecution has requested 30 years in prison for Fujimori; 22 for his ex-husband, Mark Villanella, and other sentences for 38 others involved who would total more than 800 years behind bars.
Keiko Fujimori is the eldest daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori released from prison, 85 years old. She is the leader of the Fuerza Popular party, which with 23 parliamentarians is the largest group in Peru’s fragmented unicameral Congress, with 130 seats.
Fujimori said on Sunday on her social media profiles that she was “very happy to begin, together with members of Fuerza Popular, an academic visit to California, United States.” She added that the trip “represents a great opportunity to exchange experiences with universities and political institutions and technology companies.”
On Tuesday, Fujimori posted a photo on his social networks and thanked “in a very special way the Dominican University of California for inviting me to address a few words and dialogue with the community” at an event.
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