Ex-Peruvian Leader Faces Charges
The attorney general Friday formally charged former President Alan Garcia with embezzlement, marking the first time in Peru’s 170-year national history that a former head of state would face trial.
Atty. Gen. Pedro Mendez brought a charge of “illicit enrichment” against Garcia related to allegations that he used $500,000 in state funds to build three houses in Lima, said Mendez’s spokesman, Cesar Noya.
Noya said Mendez dismissed accusations that Garcia had stolen $50 million from the national treasury and that Garcia followed illegal procedures in the purchase of 12 French Mirage jet fighters in 1985.
The announcement of the charges came after a yearlong congressional investigation into Garcia’s finances.
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