Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo has been convicted for taking millions of dollars worth of bribes to award a pair of contracts to construct the InterOceanic Highway two decades ago. The case was part of the sweeping "Car Wash" corruption scandal that engulfed former Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and other major firms.

Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison for money laundering and collusion by the country’s national criminal court on Oct. 21. Over the course of the 18-month trial, prosecutors alleged the former president accepted $35 million in bribes from Odebrecht officials in exchange for contracts to build the highway across southern Peru.