FILE PHOTO - Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala gives a news conference in Lima, Peru, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo
LIMA (Reuters) - The Peruvian attorney general's office said on Tuesday it was seeking pre-trial detention for former President Ollanta Humala, who is under investigation for money laundering over allegations that he took illegal funds from Brazilian builder Odebrecht.
A hearing to rule on the request for the pre-trial detention for Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, was scheduled for Wednesday, the attorney general's office said on Twitter.
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