A judge in Peru has ordered that opposition leader Keiko Fujimori spend three years in jail while she awaits trial for corruption.<\/p>\n
Judge Richard Concepci\u00f3n said there was a high risk of Ms Fujimori fleeing Peru.<\/p>\n
Ms Fujimori has been accused of taking $1.2m (\u00a3940,000) in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in 2011.<\/p>\n
She denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated.<\/p>\n
Judge Concepci\u00f3n said there was a “serious suspicion” that Ms Fujimori was managing a “de facto criminal organisation that is entrenched within” her Popular Force political party.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned in a scandal linked to the Odebrecht case.<\/p>\n
Ms Fujimori, who was in court, was taken into custody by police after the judge’s ruling.<\/p>\n
Her lawyer is expected to appeal against the verdict, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old had already spent a week in police custody earlier this month but had been released on appeal.<\/p>\n
She lost presidential election runoffs in 2016 and 2011 despite her Popular Force party winning the most votes.<\/p>\n
The party currently controls Peru’s Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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