Peru’s former first lady sent back to jail

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judge in Peru has sent the country’s divisive opposition leader Keiko Fujimori back to jail, ordering she should serve three years as a preventive measure while prosecutors investigate claims she ran a “de facto criminal organisation” within her political party to launder campaign donations.

Judge Richard Concepcion Carhuancho ruled Fujimori, 43, who was put in police custody for a week last month, should return to jail to keep her from fleeing before a trial. (Guardian)