Peru’s ex-president Humala released after conviction overturned

The former president and his wife were sentenced to 15 years last year after being convicted of money laundering.Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has been released from prison after the country’s Constitutional Court overturned his 15-year prison sentence for a case linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.Humala was serving his sentence at a special detention facility in eastern Lima that houses several of Peru’s jailed former leaders. The 64-year-old and his wife, Nadine Heredia, were found guilty last year of money laundering for receiving illegal contributions from Odebrecht, now known as Novonor, and the Venezuelan government in two presidential campaigns.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Strategic partner’: Peru’s Fujimori plans to intensify ties with the USlist 2 of 3Latin America is becoming a laboratory for tech-supremacismlist 3 of 3Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru president after narrow election winend of listHeredia subsequently received asylum in Brazil.“It has been decided to declare the entire criminal proceedings against Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso null and voi...