A court in Peru sentenced former president Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for bribery during his term as regional governor.

As president between 2018 and 2020, elected for his promise to fight against corruption, Vizcarra accepted bribes worth 676,000 dollars from construction firms in exchange for public works contracts while serving as governor of the southern region of Moquegua, between 2011 and 2014.

In the 2021 elections, Vizcarra, with a center-left orientation, received the most votes among all candidates, but was later banned by Congress from holding public office for 10 years for dissolving the legislature in 2019.

It is expected that Vizcarra will be taken to the same prison in Lima where three other former presidents are held. Alejandro Toledo and Ollanta Humala are serving sentences for corruption, while Pedro Castillo is detained on charges of rebellion.