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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 8 February

Brazil troops patrol streets in southeast city amid crime

SAO PAULO (AP) — More the federal troops will re-
than 1,000 army troops main until the situation is
Tuesday patrolled the normalized.
streets of the southeastern “Our commitment is to
Brazilian city of Vitoria amid restore normalcy, order,
a crime wave that left at peace and tranquility in
least 70 people dead over Vitoria and where else nec-
two days, authorities said. essary,” he said.
The killings in the city in Es- Schools, banks and public
pirito Santo state about 460 health centers remained
miles (740 kilometers) north- closed Tuesday.
east of Sao Paulo came as The closure of health ser-
patrol cars stopped cruising vices meant there could be
the streets while the friends no vaccinations for yellow
and family of military po- fever in the city, even as
lice officers blocked their Brazil experiences its worst
barracks to demand high- outbreak of the disease
er pay for their uniformed since 2000. Espirito Santo
loved ones. has seen 14 confirmed cas-
On Monday, store windows, es in the current outbreak,
doors were shattered as and dozens more are un-
looters took advantage of der investigation.
the situation. Civil police Public buses resumed circu-
used force to stop some lating Tuesday morning. But A Civil Police officer yells “get back” to a crowd calling him out for shooting a minor in the leg
thieves, shooting at least the president of the local who was attempting to loot an electronic store, in Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil, Monday, Feb
one man in the leg. bus transportation workers 6, 2017. More than 1,000 army troops Tuesday patrolled the streets of the southeastern Brazilian
city of Vitoria amid a crime wave that left at least 70 people dead over two days, authorities said.
The troops were deployed union Edson Bastos said the (AP Photo/Diego Herculano)
to help halt the growing vehicles would stop service nearly empty streets and ade, but the demonstra- patrols the cities in Latin
crime. for the day at 7 p.m. only a few stores opened. tions outside barracks con- America’s biggest country,
Defense Minister Raul Jung- Images aired by the Globo A court ordered the pro- tinued on Tuesday. is barred by law from going
mann said Monday that television network showed
testers to end their block- Brazil’s Military Police, which on strike.q
Peru Attorney General to seek arrest of ex-President Toledo

FRANKLIN BRICENO construction firm Odebre- tive detention.” when, how and where and prime minister, said in an in-
Associated Press cht, which is at the heart The alleged payments were in what bank they’ve given terview over the weekend.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A ma- of the regional scandal. believed to have been me $20 million,” an angry “It’s very sad.” Authorities in
jor corruption scandal The prosecutors believe To- made through Toledo’s Toledo said in an interview Peru and throughout Latin
shaking politicians across ledo received the money friend, Peruvian-Israeli busi- with a local radio station America have been mov-
Latin America continued in exchange for giving the nessman Josef Maiman, over the weekend. Toledo ing fast to charge officials
spreading across the region firm permission to build a who prosecutors said Mon- failed to win much support accused of taking some
on Tuesday as Peru’s attor- highway connecting Bra- day they were also investi- in a bid last year to regain $800 million in bribes that
ney general announced zil with the Peruvian coast. gating along with the Ode- the presidency, finishing in Odebrecht acknowledged
he would seek the arrest of Attorney General Pablo brecht’s former boss in the eighth place, but the idea paying in a plea agree-
former President Alejandro Sanchez told a local radio country, whose testimony that the pro-democracy ment signed in December
Toledo on charges of laun- station on Tuesday that his triggered the probe. activist who led street pro- with the U.S. Justice De-
dering of assets and influ- office would seek Toledo’s The move came after po- test which forced strong- partment. The bribes, used
ence trafficking. arrest, saying the charges lice searched Toledo’s man Alberto Fujimori’s res- to win business in 12 coun-
Toledo was believed to be against the former leader home in Lima on Saturday. ignation might now be join- tries, include some $29 mil-
in Paris. He has denied any were “serious and grave.” Although he said he has ing his arch-nemesis behind lion in Peru for projects built
wrongdoing in interviews He said that prosecutor plans to travel to Stan- bars has come as a shock during the administrations
with news media. Peruvian Hamilton Castro, who has ford University in Califor- to many Peruvians. of Toledo (2001-2006), Alan
prosecutors opened a for- been heading the inves- nia, where he is a visiting “It’s a betrayal to the Pe- Garcia (2006-2011) and Ol-
mal investigation Monday tigation of Toledo, would scholar, Toledo has said ruvian people,” President lanta Humala (2011-2016).
into suspicions that the for- formally deliver the request he would return to Peru as Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, So far three officials from
mer president took $20 mil- to a judge Tuesday for the long as he could be as- who served as Toledo’s Garcia’s government have
lion in bribes from Brazilian ex-president’s “preventa- sured of a fair trial. “Say economy minister and been arrested. q