who is alejandro toledo's lawyer

by Ransom Quitzon Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 9 min read

Toledo, who at the time of the order for his preventive detention was unaccounted for, through his lawyer Heriberto Benítez demanded a restricted appearance as a condition to surrender, which was denied.

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Who is the judge for the Toledo case?

In July, California State judge, Thomas Hixson who is presiding over the international case, declined to set bail for Toledo, accepting prosecutors’ argument that the Peruvian was a flight risk, given that he was in possession of US$40,000 in cash at the time of his arrest.

Why did Joseph Russoniello not get a fair trial?

The lawyer who represented Toledo at his first bail hearing in July, Joseph Russoniello, claimed that his client, who is from indigenous descent, could not get a fair trial in Peru due to discrimination and political animus. | Photo: Reuters

Is Alejandro Toledo still in jail?

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo will remain behind bars in California until at least Sept. 12, said the U.S. federal judge in San Francisco handling Lima’s request to extradite the ex-head of state on corruption charges.

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Overview

Later career and corruption charges

As of February 2017 , Toledo is a visiting scholar at Stanford University in the US. In 2016, Odebrecht stated as part of a plea agreement that the company had paid approximately $800 million in bribes in several Latin American countries, including $29 million in Peru from 2001 to 2006, the presidencies of Toledo and his two successors, all of whom have denied the charge of receiving bribes. On 9 February 2017, a Peruvian judge ordered Toledo's arrest over allegations t…

Early life

Toledo was born into an impoverished peasant Quechuan family. He was the eighth oldest of sixteen brothers and sisters, seven of whom died in childhood. He was born in the village of Ferrer, Bolognesi, but registered in the nearby town of Cabana, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department.
As a child he worked shining shoes and selling newspapers and lottery tickets. When, at age 11, …

Early career

From 1981 to 1983, Toledo directed the Institute for Economic and Labor Studies in Lima, a subdivision of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. During the same period, he also served as chairman of the Economic Advisory Committee to the president of the Central Reserve Bank and the labor minister.
Throughout his academic and governmental career, Toledo worked as a consultant for various i…

Presidential election

Toledo entered politics as an independent candidate for the presidency (winning 3% of the vote) in the 1995 election in which Alberto Fujimori was ultimately re-elected. Despite his loss, the party he founded in 1994, Perú Posible, gained popularity and influence over the next few years. Toledo declared his intent to run again in the 2000 election and despite a constitutional controversy about his eligibility to serve a third term, Fujimori also announced his candidacy.

Presidency

During his campaign, Toledo promised Peruvians higher wages, a fight against poverty, anti-corruption measures, higher pensions, more employment, military reform, development of tourism, and industrialization. As Pedro Pablo Kuczynski noted "Toledo comes after almost 30 years of either dictatorships or governments that weren't so democratic. People expect Toledo to solve all the problems of the last 30 years, which included an enormous increase in relative pove…

Post-presidential nomination

Toledo was unable to run for reelection in 2006; after he took office, the constitution was amended to restore the pre-1995 ban on immediate reelection. After his presidency, Toledo went to the United States, where he served as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, during the 2006–2008 academic years. Toledo was named a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford Uni…

2011 Election

In December 2010, Toledo announced his candidacy in the 2011 presidential election. Telling the Peruvian Times that "Garcia (the incumbent) is governing for the rich and not the poor", he said that when he left office, with 1 sol (approximately $0.34) bought 10 loaves bread; now it bought you five. "President Alan García (must) realize that Peru is much greater, much deeper, more generous and more warlike than the rich friends that surround him."