Former President Of Peru Alan García Dies After Shooting Himself In The Head

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Former President of Peru Alan García has died after shooting himself in the head when he was going to be arrested in connection with a corruption case that has led other former leaders to prison.

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra confirmed the death of García, who was in a coma in a Lima hospital. “Dismayed at the death of former President Alan García. I send my condolences to his family and loved ones, said the president.

Garcia, 69, who was under investigation for alleged money laundering, shot himself in the head before he was arrested. The former Peruvian president, who was in charge of the country for two terms - from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011 - had been accused of corruption and bribery in relation to the construction of a train in Lima in which the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht was involved., protagonist of a corruption scandal that has spilled over to several Latin American countries.

On Wednesday, the police also arrested former Secretary General of the Presidency Luis Nava and former Vice President Miguel Atala.

According to the authorities' account, police officers appeared at 6:25 am at García's home in the Peruvian capital with a search and arrest warrant against the former president. After being warned by his security team, he spoke to his lawyers and a shot was subsequently heard inside the house.

He was immediately transferred to a hospital, where he suffered three cardiorespiratory arrests while on the operating table and had to be resuscitated. "The situation is very critical, very serious," reported the Minister of Health, Zulema Tomás, when doctors tried to save the life of the politician. Something, which they finally failed.