Peru's ex- president who shot himself to evade arrest has died. Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima after shooting himself as police arrived at his house to arrest him in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said.
Garcia, who had repeatedly denied wrongdoing, was 69. President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was "consternated" by Garcia's death, and sent his condolences to his family members.
Garcia, a skilled orator who led Peru's once-powerful Apra party for decades, governed Peru as a nationalist from 1985 to 1990 before remaking himself as a free-market proponent and winning a new five-year term in 2006.
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