祕魯總統要求美國驅逐其前任總統

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to consider deporting a former Peruvian president sought by the Andean country to face charges of taking bribes in a graft probe.

Kuczynski's office says the request to deport Alejandro Toledo was made Sunday in a phone call with Trump. Peru believes Toledo is living in California, but Lima is facing legal hurdles in getting him out of the country.

The White House confirmed the talk, but did not mention Peru's deportation request, saying the two discussed various other issues. A statement from Kuczynski's office said Trump invited him to visit the United States.

Local media in Peru reported Toledo had intended to fly over the weekend to Israel where his wife has citizenship. But Israel said Toledo was not on a flight from San Francisco that landed Sunday night, and that the former Peruvian leader would not be allowed into the country.

Last week, a Peruvian court ordered the arrest and detention of Toledo as prosecutors investigate whether he took $20 million in payments from the giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.

Authorities across Latin America have been moving to charge officials accused of taking nearly $800 million in bribes from Odebrecht. The company acknowledged the bribes when it signed a plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department in December.祕魯總統庫琴斯基要求美國總統川普考慮驅逐一名前任祕魯總統，此人在一項貪污案件的調查受到受賄指控。

祕魯總統辦公室說，驅逐亞歷杭德羅·托萊多的要求是庫琴斯基星期天在與川普打電話時提出的。祕魯認爲托萊多生活在加利福尼亞州，但祕魯要使他離開美國面臨法律障礙。

白宮確認了此次談話，但沒有提到祕魯驅逐托萊多的請求，只表示兩位領導人討論了各種其他問題。庫琴斯基的辦公室說，川普邀請他訪問美國。

祕魯當地媒體報道，托萊多打算週末飛往他妻子有公民身份的以色列。但以色列說，托萊多不在星期天晚上從舊金山飛抵以色列的班機上，以色列也不會讓這位前祕魯領導人入境。

祕魯法院上週下令逮捕和拘留托萊多。檢察官正在調查他是否從一家巴西建築公司巨頭那裏收取了2000萬美元的款項。

拉丁美洲各地的當局已經開始向被控從這家公司收取近8億美元賄賂的官員提出起訴。該公司在12月與美國司法部簽署認罪協議時承認行賄。