Susana Villarán: the trail of Odebrecht and OAS’s US$10 million, the US$11.29 million prosecutors say she laundered and the US$267 million of the tolls

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Susana Villarán

Susana Villarán was Mayor of Lima between 2011 and 2014. She is the only former mayor of the Peruvian capital prosecuted over the Odebrecht scandal. She is also the only defendant in this series who publicly admitted the money she received. This piece does not follow the hearings, but the flows. It reconstructs the US$10 … Read more about Susana Villarán: the trail of Odebrecht and OAS’s US$10 million, the US$11.29 million prosecutors say she laundered and the US$267 million of the tolls

Keiko Fujimori: the trail of Dionisio Romero’s US$3.65 million, Odebrecht’s million and the 67 % of campaign money nobody could account for

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Keiko Fujimori

Keiko Fujimori took office as President of Peru on 28 July 2026. She arrives with the Cócteles case dismissed, but with three open investigations that the Constitution freezes while she governs. This piece does not follow the judicial decisions, but the money. It reconstructs how much entered her 2011 and 2016 campaigns and from where, … Read more about Keiko Fujimori: the trail of Dionisio Romero’s US$3.65 million, Odebrecht’s million and the 67 % of campaign money nobody could account for

José Domingo Arias: the trail of Odebrecht’s US$16 million in a US$21 million campaign, the US$500,000 of Badger Title and the PAN accounts

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José Domingo Arias

José Domingo Arias was Panama’s Minister of Housing between 2009 and 2013 and the presidential candidate of Cambio Democrático in 2014. He is one of the five former ministers of Ricardo Martinelli prosecuted over Odebrecht’s bribes. This piece does not follow the hearings, but the money. It reconstructs how much his campaign cost according to … Read more about José Domingo Arias: the trail of Odebrecht’s US$16 million in a US$21 million campaign, the US$500,000 of Badger Title and the PAN accounts

Roberto Arzú: the trail of the US$6.16 million he owes JJ Rendón, the deeds with «Paco» Domínguez and the US$1 million loan nobody has explained

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Roberto Arzú

Roberto Arzú García-Granados is a presidential hopeful in Guatemala for 2027 and polls third. He is the only protagonist in this series without a criminal conviction, but with an unusual money trail: debts, not bribes. This piece does not walk through his 18 fronts, but his accounts. First, it reconstructs the US$6.16 million debt to … Read more about Roberto Arzú: the trail of the US$6.16 million he owes JJ Rendón, the deeds with «Paco» Domínguez and the US$1 million loan nobody has explained

Juan Carlos Varela: the former president the United States punished for corruption and whom Panama still cannot bring to trial

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Juan Carlos Varela

Juan Carlos Varela was Vice President of Panama between 2009 and 2014 and President between 2014 and 2019. Together with Ricardo Martinelli, he is one of the two former Panamanian presidents reached by the Odebrecht scandal. However, his case file has an asymmetry that this piece walks through. The US State Department barred him from … Read more about Juan Carlos Varela: the former president the United States punished for corruption and whom Panama still cannot bring to trial

Carlos Pólit: the comptroller a US jury convicted and whom Ecuador has been unable to extradite or collect from in eight years

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Carlos Pólit

Carlos Pólit was Ecuador’s Comptroller General between 2007 and 2017. He is the Ecuadorian with the harshest sentence in the Odebrecht case, but his own country did not hand it down. A federal court in Miami sentenced him to ten years in prison in October 2024. Ecuador had convicted him earlier, in 2018 and in … Read more about Carlos Pólit: the comptroller a US jury convicted and whom Ecuador has been unable to extradite or collect from in eight years

Alejandro Sinibaldi: the fugitive who crossed three countries, the United States designation and the five cases Guatemala has been unable to try

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Alejandro Sinibaldi

Alejandro Sinibaldi was Guatemala’s Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing from 2012 to 2014 and a presidential pre-candidate in 2015. He is the Guatemalan official with the most corruption cases investigated in the last decade: at least five schemes, Odebrecht among them. His case file is also a journey across borders. He fled in July … Read more about Alejandro Sinibaldi: the fugitive who crossed three countries, the United States designation and the five cases Guatemala has been unable to try

Alejandro Toledo: the former president the United States did hand over, the two extradition extensions and the only case in the series with a final sentence being served

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Alejandro Toledo

Alejandro Toledo governed Peru from 2001 to 2006. Of the three former Peruvian presidents investigated over Odebrecht, he is the only one with final convictions that he is serving in prison. His case is also the only one in this series in which international cooperation worked from start to finish. The United States extradited him … Read more about Alejandro Toledo: the former president the United States did hand over, the two extradition extensions and the only case in the series with a final sentence being served

Luis Fernando Andrade: Odebrecht’s concessionaire, Yuma, Megaland and the companies that explain three sanctions and a trial without a verdict

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Luis Fernando Andrade

Luis Fernando Andrade Moreno left the presidency of McKinsey in Colombia to run the National Infrastructure Agency between 2011 and 2017. He is the highest-profile technocrat caught up in the Odebrecht highways scandal. His case file reads best through the companies he contracted with. Concesionaria Ruta del Sol, made up of Odebrecht companies, which obtained … Read more about Luis Fernando Andrade: Odebrecht’s concessionaire, Yuma, Megaland and the companies that explain three sanctions and a trial without a verdict

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Westfield Capital, First Capital and the companies that turned a president into a money-laundering defendant

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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski governed Peru from 2016 to 2018. He resigned when it emerged that his financial advisory firm had billed Odebrecht while he was a public official. His case file is best understood through the companies that run through it. Westfield Capital, the company he founded himself. First Capital, the firm of his partner … Read more about Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Westfield Capital, First Capital and the companies that turned a president into a money-laundering defendant