Back to the Utah State Aggies Newsfeed

Peru ex-President Alan García dead after shooting himself

Salt Lake Tribune | April 17, 2019

Related Topics: President of Peru, United States Department of Justice, Martín Vizcarra, Lima, Latin America, President of the United States, Peru, Alan García

Lima, Peru • Former Peruvian President Alan García died Wednesday after shooting himself in the head moments after police attempted to detain him amid corruption allegations in Latin America’s largest graft probe.

President Martin Vizcarra announced on Twitter that García died after undergoing emergency surgery hours earlier. Doctors at the José Casimiro Ulloa Hospital in the capital city of Lima said they provided cardiac resuscitation three times while trying to save his life.

"Distraught over the death of ex-President Alan García," Vizcarra wrote. "I send my condolences to his family and loved ones."

(Martin Mejia | AP file photo) In this July 11, 2011 file photo, Peru's outgoing President Alan Garcu00eda, left center, rides the new Line 1 electrical train system, in Lima, Peru. Current Peruvian President Martinez Vizcarra said Garcia, the 69-year-old former head of state died Wednesday, April 17, 2019, after undergoing emergency surgery in Lima. Garcia shot himself in the head early Wednesday as police came to detain him in connection with a corruption probe.
(Martin Mejia | AP file photo) In this July 11, 2011 file photo, Peru's outgoing President Alan García, left center, rides the new Line 1 electrical train system, in Lima, Peru.
See full article at Salt Lake Tribune