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HISTORICAL FACTS: Peru ex president dies after shooting himself before arrest | History Defined

Former president of Peru Alan García arrives to the National Prosecution office to testify in Odebrecht case in Lima, Peru on 16 February 2017.
The former president of Peru Alan García arrives at the national prosecution office to testify in the Odebrecht case in Lima on 16 February 2017. Photograph: Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters

Peru’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. “I send my condolences to his family and loved ones.”

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