Peru’s Ex-President Garcia Dies After Shooting Himself to Avoid Arrest

Peru's outgoing President Alan Garcia ride the soon to be inaugurated Line 1 electrical train system in Lima, Peru, on July 11, 2011. Martin Mejia/File via AP

Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, April 17, after shooting himself as police arrived at his house to arrest him in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.

Garcia, who had repeatedly denied wrongdoing, was 69.