Humala had been serving time for accepting illicit funds from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht during his 2011 presidential run. Addressing reporters at the prison gates, he condemned the judicial process as a state-sponsored act of political retribution. His wife, Nadine Heredia, remains in Brazil under asylum granted by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, having also faced sentencing in the same corruption sweep.
The Constitutional Court’s decision mirrors the reasoning used last year to dismiss similar charges against President Keiko Fujimori. By narrowing the legal definition of money laundering, the court has effectively dismantled a key pillar of the sprawling anti-corruption probe that targeted much of Peru’s political elite. While the prosecution remained silent, Humala described his three-year legal ordeal as a period of being held hostage by the justice system.
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