Peru's Ex-President Dies in Suicide as Police Raid His Home

The dramatic death of the longtime leftist underscores the scope of the Odebrecht affair, which has spawned bribery probes across Latin America and destabilized governments, above all in Peru. “President Garcia made the decision of a free man,’’ Mauricio Mulder, a lawmaker with Garcia’s Apra party, told reporters outside Casimiro Ulloa hospital. President Martin Vizcarra, whom Garcia had blamed for the investigations, confirmed his death in a tweet.