Peru’s Former First Lady Flees as She and Ex-President Are Sentenced to Prison

The article reports that former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia fled to the Brazilian Embassy in Lima seeking asylum after she and her husband, ex-president Ollanta Humala, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering. They were convicted of using illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht and the Venezuelan government to finance Humala's presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2006, respectively. This makes Humala the third Peruvian president jailed on corruption charges in the last two decades.