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Peru's Former President Freed From Prison

Peru's Former President
Gets Out of Prison Early

Dec 7, 2023 4:24 AM CST

Peru's Former President Gets Out of Prison Early

Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in 2009

(Newser) - Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release. Fujimori, 85, was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the slayings of 25 Peruvians by death squads in the 1990s. Peru's...

Ollanta Humala Leads Keiko Fujimori in Peru Presidential Election

Lefty Leads
Fujimori Scion
in Peru Vote

Jun 5, 2011 5:02 PM CDT

Lefty Leads Fujimori Scion in Peru Vote

Ollanta Humala leads by roughly 5%; recount could loom

(Newser) - Peru went to the polls today in a heated presidential election that put a leftist former military officer in a slight lead over the daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, reports Reuters. Early returns gave Ollanta Humala roughly a 52% lead over Keiko Fujimori's 47%, but overseas votes could...

Angry Fujimori Denies Charges as Trial Starts

Dec 11, 2007 6:23 AM CST

Angry Fujimori Denies Charges as Trial Starts

Ex-leader of Peru accused of ordering deaths of opponents

(Newser) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori angrily denied charges of murder and kidnapping in court yesterday. "I reject the charges entirely. I'm innocent," he shouted. He is on trial for ordering death squads to kill leftist sympathizers and others in the early 1990s. The trial is considered a watershed...

Ex-President Extradited to Peru for Human Rights Trial

Sep 22, 2007 1:44 PM CDT

Ex-President Extradited to Peru for Human Rights Trial

Fujimori remains defiant, touts new 'legal armor'

(Newser) - Ex-president Albero Fujimori was extradited today to Peru, where he will face charges related to death-squad killings during his administration's fight against a Maoist uprising, the AP reports. Fujimori seemed unconcerned, touting the “legal armor”—he can only be tried on the two rights charges and five corruption...

Fujimori Will
Be Extradited
to Peru

Sep 21, 2007 11:50 AM CDT

Fujimori Will Be Extradited to Peru

Former president faces human rights abuse, embezzlement charges

(Newser) - A Chilean court ruled today to extradite Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori to his former country to face corruption and human rights abuse charges, Reuters reports. Judges cited evidence from two massacres linked to Fujimori’s war with Maoist faction Shining Path as the key to their decision. Fujimori has been...