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Former Peru's president Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest

Former Peru president Alan Garcia.[Courtesy]

Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.

Garcia was 69.

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