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Peru president says Rolexes at heart of graft probe belonged to friend / 34NQ3M3
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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says the Rolex watches that put her in the crosshairs of corruption investigators had been lent to her by a friend and denies owning other luxury items, as the scandal shakes her fragile government. Boluarte's remarks, broadcast on state television, come after she spent five-and-a-half hours giving a statement to public prosecutors in the affair dubbed "Rolexgate."
"I must admit that it was a mistake to accept as a loan those watches from my friend Wilfredo Oscorima," Boluarte says, referring to the governor of the Ayacucho region and a political ally. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES TO COMPLETE VIDI34NL2T3_EN