Salvador, Brazil— Former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia has asked Brazil's Supreme Court to block any extradition requests, requests for international imprisonment, transfer of sentences or any other measures that would restrict her “freedom of movement,” local media reported.
In April, Heredia and her husband, former president Ollanta Humala (2011-2016), were convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Lima court on money laundering charges related to the massive Odebrecht corruption scandal.
Brazil's Justice Ministry has not confirmed any extradition request for her.
In April, the former first lady flew to Brazil, where his asylum application was accepted by the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who himself was convicted and jailed in connection with a regional construction kickback scandal.
Brazil Report on Tuesday sent a request to Supreme Court Judge Dias Toffolli, who is overseeing the case, in which the defense asks that all evidence obtained by Drousys and the MyWebDayB software platform be thrown out. The plans were used within Odebrecht to organize an anti-bribery unit called the “Structured Operations Unit”, which was responsible for implementing plans between the construction group and governments in Latin America and Africa.
Heredia's lawyers argued that Brazil's Supreme Court rejected evidence found in two sets of software in the Brazilian case.
The request also seeks to expunge from proceedings testimonies of key former executives given to Peruvian prosecutors, which are being handled by the country's specialized high court for criminal justice. One testimony came from the company's former chief executive, Marcelo Odebrecht, who was sentenced to 19 years and four months in prison for corruption, money laundering and criminal gangs.
Heredia's defense argued that all evidence obtained through depositions was based on Drousys and MyWebDayB and therefore should be excluded. The former CEO's statement included questions about a spreadsheet registered to “Posição-Italiano” that has been confirmed to be linked to payments to Humala.
The testimonies also included one from Jorge Henrique Simões Barata, former managing director of Odebrecht Peru. Barata's statement triggered a series of criminal cases against businessmen and politicians. In 2023, he confirmed that the Brazilian construction company provided funds to the campaigns of Ollanta Humana and Keiko Fujimori between 2006 and 2011.
Nadine Heredia and Ollanta were found guilty of illegally receiving $3 million from Odebrecht for Ollanta's 2011 election campaign, in which the former first lady was allegedly directly involved.
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