Minister Dias Toffoli, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), responded on Monday (10/11), to the request of the former First Lady of Peru, Nadine Heredia Alarcón, who asked the court to prevent the possibility of her arrest, extradition or any act of legal cooperation with Peru that could restrict her freedom in Brazil.
Toffoli partially granted the request. The judge declared the crucial evidence used against her in a criminal case in Peru worthless. Nadine is accused of receiving illegal resources to finance political campaigns.
The judge stressed that extending the invalidity of Odebrecht’s evidence to Nadine Heredia makes international cooperation between Brazil and Peru futile.
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Toffoli declared invalid the evidence obtained from the Drousys and My Web Day B systems, both used in the leniency agreement signed by Odebrecht. This extension was granted due to “contamination of evidentiary material.”
The decision extends the effects of previous rulings issued by the International Criminal Court to include Nadine Heredia Alarcón, who is responding to criminal charges in Peru based on evidentiary material considered invalid in Brazil.
As a direct result of the invalidation, Toffoli ordered Brazil to inform the Peruvian government that this data could not be used.
Former First Lady
Nadine Heredia was Peru’s First Lady between 2011 and 2016, during the government of her husband, former President Ollanta Humala. She is accused of receiving illegal resources to finance political campaigns.
The couple were convicted of illegally receiving resources from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and the Venezuelan government to finance Humala’s presidential campaigns in 2006 and 2011.
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