Peru's Constitutional Court annulled the criminal proceedings and ordered the release of the former president, who had been imprisoned since 2025
Ollanta Humala free after conviction for money laundering annulled
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The former president, imprisoned for money laundering since 2025, is released. "We have been victims of political and judicial persecution," he says. "It is not a sentence, it is a kidnapping," declared the father of the former head of state to Exitosa, referring to the sentence of 15 years of effective prison that the Third National Collegiate Criminal Court issued in April 2025 against Ollanta Humala for the crime of aggravated money laundering. The decision, signed on 31 July 2026 by Judge César Augusto Riveros Ramos, immediately orders the National Institute of Penitentiary (INPE) to proceed with the release under the responsibility of the former President.
Furthermore, Ollanta Humala regained his freedom after leaving the Barbadillo prison in Ate on the night of Friday, July 31. On April 15, 2025, I was kidnapped by the State and then the police of the judicial system at that time regularized an illegal situation, "he said to the media. Outside the Barbadillo prison, Humala was received by militants of the Nationalist Party, with whom he reunited after being detained for 15 months.
In addition, Departure of former President Ollanta Humala to the Barbadillo prison after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. This decision nullifies investigations, subsequent court decisions and the sentence that sentenced the former to 15 years & apos; imprisonment for the aggravated asset laundering offence. His wife Nadine Heredia was also sentenced to 15 years in prison, however she did not appear at the reading of the sentence.
Moreover, The rule that allows for the punishment of the mere receipt of money of illicit origin, known as the receipt of property, was incorporated into the Peruvian criminal order only in 2016.
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The former president, imprisoned for money laundering since 2025, is released. "We have been victims of political and judicial persecution," he says
reliability moderate2/2 sources"It is not a sentence, it is a kidnapping," declared the father of the former head of state to Exitosa, referring to the sentence of 15 years of effective prison that the Third National Collegiate Criminal Court issued in April 2025 against Ollanta Humala for the crime of aggravated money laundering.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe decision, signed on 31 July 2026 by Judge César Augusto Riveros Ramos, immediately orders the National Institute of Penitentiary (INPE) to proceed with the release under the responsibility of the former President.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesOllanta Humala regained his freedom after leaving the Barbadillo prison in Ate on the night of Friday, July 31.
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On April 15, 2025, I was kidnapped by the State and then the police of the judicial system at that time regularized an illegal situation, "he said to the media.
according to InfobaeOutside the Barbadillo prison, Humala was received by militants of the Nationalist Party, with whom he reunited after being detained for 15 months.
according to AndinaDeparture of former President Ollanta Humala to the Barbadillo prison after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
according to GestiónThis decision nullifies investigations, subsequent court decisions and the sentence that sentenced the former to 15 years & apos; imprisonment for the aggravated asset laundering offence.
according to GestiónHis wife Nadine Heredia was also sentenced to 15 years in prison, however she did not appear at the reading of the sentence.
according to AndinaThe rule that allows for the punishment of the mere receipt of money of illicit origin, known as the receipt of property, was incorporated into the Peruvian criminal order only in 2016.
according to InfobaeWilfredo Pedraza, Ollanta Humala's lawyer, hinted at the possibility that he could request compensation from the Peruvian State because he was imprisoned for an arbitrariness.
according to RPPPeru's former President Ollanta Humala was released from prison on Friday evening, after the country's Constitutional Court overturned his 15-year prison sentence for money laundering.
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