Former Peruvian president kills self while being arrested

Caught up in Operation Car Wash, which has rocked leaders in Latin America.

Peru’s former president Alan Garcia, 69, died in hospital after taking his life as police were about to arrest him at his home in a sprawling corruption case.
The health ministry said Garcia died at 1.05am Thursday of “a massive cerebral haemorrhage from a gunshot wound and cardiorespiratory arrest”.

ABC Australia