LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s presidential election race has been rattled by allegations that cash from the drugs trade has made its way into campaigns and that traffickers are extending their political influence.
President Alan Garcia, two leading presidential candidates and senior members of a third candidate’s party have all been linked by police or local media reports to suspected drug traffickers or coca growers.
In two of the cases, front-running candidate Alejandro Toledo and left-wing rival Ollanta Humala have denied any direct ties to
