LIMA - A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison "after finding them guilty of money laundering."

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The decision was handed down by the Third National Collegiate Criminal Court presided by Judge Nayko Coronado, with a majority of the judges voting in favor of the sentence. The time the former president and his wife have spent in pretrial detention, approximately nine months, is to be considered time served.

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The money laundering charges against the former president and his wife stemmed from alleged illegal contributions that Brazilian construction company Odebrecht made to the Nationalist Party to finance electoral campaigns between 2006 and 2011.