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Alan Garc\u00eda, the former president of Peru<\/a>, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. CNN reports<\/a> that police were on their way to arrest the politician on Wednesday morning, but when they arrived at his home at 6:30 a.m. with a search warrant, a loud gunshot was heard. They eventually discovered Garc\u00eda\u00a0with a wound to\u00a0his head. He was taken to a hospital in Lima shortly after, and was pronounced dead\u00a0hours later.<\/p>\n Garc\u00eda had been accused of taking bribes from construction company Odebrecht during his time in office. He denied the claims vehemently, but Odebrecht admitted to paying approximately $30 million in bribes to the former president. Garc\u00eda served as president from 1985 to 1990, before returning for a second term from 2006 to 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n Peru’s current president, Mart\u00edn Vizcarra, paid his respects to Garc\u00eda in a tweet. “Dismayed by the death of former President Alan Garc\u00eda,” he wrote. “I send my condolences to his family and loved ones.”<\/p>\n