Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia dies after shooting himself before receiving an arrest warrant linked to the Odebrecht case

Alan García was accused of receiving bribes in a case involving the corruption plot of the Brazilian construction company Odebrech. The Peruvian politician shot himself in the head the knowledge that he would be arrested preliminarily by the justice of his country.

In February 2019, the Brazilian company told the US Justice Department that it would have spent US$ 29 million on corruption in the country.

Garcia had unsuccessfully tried to seek asylum from Uruguay on November 2019. However, the Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez refused to accept it.