Vizcarra becomes latest ex-president imprisoned in Peru

FILE PHOTO: Peru's former President Martin Vizcarra gestures after a judge rejected a preventive detention request for former President Vizcarra during a court hearing, who is currently on trial for allegedly accepting bribes while serving as governor of the southern department of Moquegua, in Lima, Peru, June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin/File photo

LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian judge ordered the pre-trial detention for former president Martin Vizcarra on Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes while he was governor more than a decade ago.

At the hearing, Judge Jorge Chavez ordered Vizcarra to be held for five months, making him the fifth former Peruvian president to be jailed in recent years.