Peru's ex-president Alan Garcia dead after shooting himself when police tried to arrest him

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BREAKING: Peru's former president has died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday after shooting himself as police arrived at his house to arrest him in connection with a bribery probe, authorities say.

Mauricio Duenas / AFP-Getty Images fileLIMA — Peru's former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday after shooting himself as police arrived at his house to arrest him in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was"consternated" by Garcia's death, and sent his condolences to his family members.

Garcia, a skilled orator who has led Peru's once-powerful Apra party for decades, governed as a nationalist from 1985 to 1990 before remaking himself as a free-market proponent and winning another five-year term in 2006. Last year, Garcia asked Uruguay for political asylum after he was banned from leaving the country to keep him from fleeing or obstructing the investigation. Uruguay rejected the request.

 

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trump should copy cat this and spare us.

I guess he was guilty....

Are you listening, Donald.

Foreshadowing?

This is wrong. He shot himself at the hospital

Is this what will happen to trump. Lol

If only all corrupt leaders would show such initiative...

But in naija, they will hide in trees or start feigning sickness.... the sicknesses that will eventually kill them

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