FILE PHOTO: Peru's prosecutors Rafael Vela and Jose Domingo Perez arrive at the Regional Prosecutor’s Office of 3rd Region in Sao Paulo, Brazil February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru Attorney General Pedro Chavarry on Wednesday reappointed two lead prosecutors he had dismissed from a high-profile graft probe after the decision sparked widespread opposition and a threat by President Martin Vizcarra to suspend him.
The prosecutors, Rafael Vela and Jose Domingo Perez, had recently drawn up a plea deal with Odebrecht that committed the Brazilian construction company to providing evidence on some $30 million (23.9 million pounds) in bribes it says it paid to local politicians.
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