Peru declares 3 days of mourning over ex-leader's death

By Beyza Binnur Donmez</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Peru declared three days mourning Thursday in honor of former President Alan Garcia, who committed suicide amid a corruption probe.</p> <p>Garcia, 69, shot himself in the head as police arrived at his home in Lima’s affluent Miraflores neighborhood Wednesday to arrest him for alleged links to a continent-wide corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. </p> <p>He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly after from a massive brain hemorrhage and cardiorespiratory arrest.</p> <p>Garcia will be given a funeral with honors, according to the national news agency Andina.</p> <p>He served as president from 1985 to 1990 and 2006 to 2011.