A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering.
Prosecutors say he took $35m in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded a contract to build a road in southern Peru.
Toledo, 78, was in office between 2001 and 2006.
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A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison after he was convicted of accepting bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
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Toledo, who says he has cancer and heart problems, appeared calm as he was found guilty of collusion and money laundering for having received $35 million from Odebrecht.