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Alejandro Toledo: what happened in the Odebrecht case (Interoceánica Sur highway sections 2 and 3) and Ecoteva case case

Former president of Peru. The trial court found that Odebrecht paid a US$35 million bribe to win the contract for sections 2 and 3 of the Interoceánica Sur highway, according to El Peruano.

Outcome todayAs of September 2025 Toledo was serving the 20 year 6 month Interoceánica sentence, with the Ecoteva sentence added and neither conviction confirmed on appeal according to La República.

Every court stage

  1. Extradited from the United States to Peru3,1
  2. Convicted by first-instance court of collusion and money laundering and sentenced to 20 years and 6 months1,2,4Segundo Juzgado Penal Colegiado Nacional (Judge Inés Rojas)
  3. Appeal of the Interoceánica conviction pending before the appeals court, with no hearing date set2Primera Sala Penal de Apelaciones Nacional
  4. Convicted of money laundering in the Ecoteva case and sentenced to 13 years and 4 months4,3Novena Sala Penal Liquidadora, Lima Superior Court

Response

Toledo maintained his innocence in earlier hearings and argued the Ecoteva case had political motives, according to Canal N. His lawyer Roberto Su said in October 2024 that the defence would appeal.

Sources

  1. El Peruano, Toledo es sentenciado a 20 años y seis meses de prisión (22 October 2024)
  2. Panamericana, Caso Alejandro Toledo: Sala Penal de Apelaciones decidirá si confirma fallo Interoceánica Sur (22 May 2025)
  3. La República, Poder Judicial condena al expresidente Alejandro Toledo por Ecoteva (3 September 2025)
  4. Canal N, Alejandro Toledo condenado a 13 años y 4 meses por caso Ecoteva (3 September 2025)