Weekly Report - 13 July 2017 (WR-17-27)

Prosecutor Germán Juárez of the attorney general’s office dropped a bombshell this week when he requested the pre-trial detention, for up to 18 months, of former president Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and his wife Nadine Heredia in order to prevent their flight from the country. Juárez said that charges of money laundering and illicit association with criminal intent were being prepared against the pair.