News Alert: Former Peruvian president Alan García dies after shooting himself as police closed in. He was being investigated for corruption.
The former two-term president, who was under investigation in the wide-ranging Odebrecht corruption scandal, shot himself earlier Wednesday as police officers arrived at his home in Lima to arrest him, according to local media reports. García, 69, served as president of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011.
The former two-term president, who was under investigation in the wide-ranging Odebrecht corruption scandal, shot himself earlier Wednesday as police officers arrived at his home in Lima to arrest him, according to local media reports. García, 69, served as president of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011.
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