A Peruvian judge ordered the pre-trial detention for former president Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday for allegedly taking ...

Martin Vizcarra will become the fifth Peruvian ex-president jailed in recent years amid period of political turbulence.

A judge on Wednesday ordered that former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra be held in pre-trial detention in connection with ...

Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra has been ordered to pre-trial detention on corruption charges, bringing the number ...

Four former presidents of Peru are now in jail at the same time, a new record for the country if not the world.

A Peruvian judge ordered the pre-trial detention for former president Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday for allegedly taking ...

Peru's Seventh National Preliminary Investigation Court ordered five months of preventive detention for former President ...

Former President Martín Vizcarra has been transferred to prison Wednesday after an investigative court ordered five months of ...

Peru's President Martín Vizcarra speaks in front of the presidential palace after lawmakers voted to remove him from office in Lima, Peru, on Monday. Peruvian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to ...

Vizcarra, who has denied the charges and claimed to be a victim of political persecution, came to power in 2018 after his predecessor resigned. He was removed from office by Congress two years ...

Vizcarra is now likely headed to a police base in Lima specially built to house former presidents. The prison is already busy, with former Presidents Alejandro Toledo, Ollanta Humala and Pedro ...