Former Peruvian President offs himself when arrested for corruption

[Brisketexan 105161]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47961425

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Peru's former President Alan García has shot himself as police came to arrest him.

Casimiro Ulloa hospital in the capital, Lima, said he was in surgery where he was being treated for "a bullet wound to his head".

Mr García is accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht - claims he has repeatedly denied.

Officers had been sent to arrest him in connection with the allegations.

Interior Minister Carlos Morán told reporters that when police arrived, Mr Garcia asked to make a phone call and went into a room and closed the door.

Minutes later, a shot rang out, Mr Morán said. Police forced the door open and found Mr Garcia sitting on a chair with a bullet wound to his head.

 

Health minister Zulema Tomás said Mr García's condition was "very serious and critical", and that he had to be resuscitated after suffering three cardiac arrests.

"Let's pray to God to give him strength," the former president's lawyer Erasmo Reyna reportedly told journalists at the hospital.

Mr García served as president from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011.

Investigators say he took bribes from Odebrecht during his second term in office, linked to a metro line building project in the capital.

Respect for a crook who has the decency to save his people the time and trouble of a trial.  Wish that our crooks were so upstanding.

[Biff Tannen 45692]

[JimmyJames 12271]

How can you be so obtuse? Is it deliberate? 

[Bat Guano 359]

A model for certain of us here in the lawless North.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

23 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47961425

Respect for a crook who has the decency to save his people the time and trouble of a trial.  Wish that our crooks were so upstanding.

Wow stop the presses. I actually agree with brisket here.

[Brisketexan 105161]

6 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Wow stop the presses. I actually agree with brisket here.

No, you don't.  Not if you think this through for more than a millisecond.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

Hey man nice shot.  Well not really.

[Nivek 16946]

No, you don't.  Not if you think this through for more than a millisecond.

When have you ever known IT to think through a position or subject before?

[JimmyJames 12271]

I haz a confused. Is icono wanting trump to off himself? And with a post made on the political board during lent?  Because it’s my guess that Jesus would consider that a sin. 

[deadshank 24653]

53 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47961425

Respect for a crook who has the decency to save his people the time and trouble of a trial.  Wish that our crooks were so upstanding.

We’d have to immediately have an election to refill all elected positions.   

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

4 minutes ago, deadshank said:

We’d have to immediately have an election to refill all elected positions.   

Yeah but on the bright side, we'd have a new jobs program for digging holes.

[Chooky 13316]

Peru's version of Alex Jones isn't buying any of this way too convenient suicide hoax.

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

Garcia later.