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capital, Lima, said that Humala had accepted illegal funds from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to bankroll his election
campaigns in 2006 and 2011.His wife, Nadine Heredia, who co-founded the Nationalist Party with Humala, was also found guilty of money
foreign ministry said.Prosecutors had asked that Humala be sentenced to 20 years in jail and Heredia to 26 and a half years.After a trial
lasting more than three years, the court gave its long-awaited verdict on Tuesday.Humala attended the verdict in person while his wife heard
it via video link.The 62-year-old former president and his wife had denied any wrongdoing.Who is Ollanta Humala?Humala, a former army
officer who fought against the Maoist Shining Path rebels, first came to national prominence in 2000 when he led a short-lived military
rebellion against then-President Alberto Fujimori.In 2006, he ran for president
Fujimori.But violent social conflicts early on his presidency quickly dented his popularity.He also lost the support of many members of
Congress, further weakening his position.His legal troubles started shortly after his term had finished in 2016.That year, the Brazilian
construction giant Odebrecht confessed to paying hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and political parties
across Latin America, to win business orders.Prosecutors accused Humala and his wife of receiving millions of dollars from Odebrecht.A year
later, a judge ordered that the couple be placed in pre-trial detention.They were released after a year but the investigation into their
