Peru's ex-president kills himself after police arrive to arrest him in bribery scandal
by Adriana Leon and Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times
Apr 17, 2019
2 minutes
LIMA, Peru - Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia has died after shooting himself as police waited Wednesday to arrest him over corruption allegations.
Garcia, who served two terms as Peru's president, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011, shot himself in his bedroom at his home in Lima, the capital, as police waited outside his door to take him to jail. He was immediately taken to
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