Peru’s President Appeals to Trump to Deport Fallen Ex-leader

Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski delivers a speech after signing a joint statement in the framework of the II Bilateral Meeting of Presidents and Ministers of Bolivia and Peru in Sucre, Bolivia, on Nov. 4, 2016. AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images

LIMA, Peru—The leader of Peru has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to deport a former Peruvian president sought in his homeland on suspicion of taking bribes as part of a regional corruption scandal.

The request came in a phone conversation Sunday between President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Trump.

Alejandro Toledo after voting in the general elections, in Lima, Peru on April 10, 2011. AP Photo/Martin Mejia