President Martin Vizcarra sent out a tweet Wednesday morning confirming the death and expressing condolences to Garcia's family, saying he was saddened. A doctor who spoke to journalists alongside Tomas at the hospital said the bullet entered and left his head. Supporters of Peruvian ex-president Alan Garcia react outside the Casimiro Ulloa Emergency Hospital in Lima after learning that he died. "Others might sell out, not me," Garcia said on Tuesday, repeating a phrase he has used frequently as his political foes became ensnared in the Odebrecht investigation. In exile for years, until 2001It wasn't the first time Garcia had faced allegations of corruption.

Source: CBC News April 17, 2019 13:17 UTC