LIMA -- According to a recent nationwide survey for RPP Noticias, former First Lady of Peru and FAO employee Nadine Heredia and former President Alan Garcia are 'considered the most corrupt characters in the country,' the Perú21 news source reported.

 Where the degree of corruption starts at 1 (not at all) and increases to 10 (extremely corrupt), Nadine received an average of 8.6, with her husband Ollanta Humala receiving 8.0.

 Heredia’s score was at the very top of the list, alongside Alan Garcia who scored the same.

 All three – Nadine Heredia, Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala – made the top five list of the most corrupt characters in the country.

 The study was conducted on 1,350 people from over the age of 18, men and women, ranging from all socio-economic levels. The research had a ‘trust level’ of 95.5 percent and a level of representativeness of 96.7 percent.

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