García, who faced accusations of taking bribes from Brazilian company Odebrecht during his presidency, shot himself at his homeAlan García: former Peru president dies after shooting himself before arrestPeru’s former president Alan García has died after deliberately shooting himself in the head when police tried to arrest him in connection with a multibillion-dollar Latin American corruption scandal. “I am saddened by the death of former president Alan García,” tweeted the country’s current president, Martín Vizcarra, confirming the news. García served two terms as president – from 1985 to 1990 and then 2006 and 2011 – and is one of Peru’s most prominent politicians. “I have never sold myself and this has been demonstrated,” García tweeted on Tuesday. “President García has taken the decision of a free man,” to avoid humiliation by those intent on using him as a political “trophy”, Mulder said.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2019 15:24 UTC