Four former presidents of Peru are now in jail at the same time, a new record for the country if not the world.

A Peruvian judge ordered the pre-trial detention for former president Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes while he was governor more than a decade ago.

Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra has been ordered to pre-trial detention on corruption charges, bringing the number of jailed former leaders in the country to four. The graft allegations against Vizcarra,

Four former presidents of Peru are now in jail at the same time, a record for the country if not the world. The newest addition came on Wednesday when a Peruvian judge ordered ex-President Martin Vizcarra to five months of pre-trial detention on corruption allegations.

A judge on Wednesday ordered that former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra be held in pre-trial detention in connection with allegations of corruption. Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz ordered five months of pre-trial detention for Vizcarra with immediate effect in relation to allegations he took some 2.

Former President Martín Vizcarra has been transferred to prison Wednesday after an investigative court ordered five months of pretrial detention over bribery allegations, the judiciary said on X. The 62-year-old is accused of accepting bribes from construction companies in exchange for hospital contracts while governor of the Moquegua region 11 years ago, according to state news agency Andina. Vizcarra became the fourth former president currently held at Barbadillo Prison in Lima, and the fifth to have been detained there overall. He served as Peru’s president from March 2018 until his impeachment in November 2020. The ruling follows the April sentencing of ex-president Ollanta Humala to 15 years for money laundering.