Peru
Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86
Alberto Fujimori's decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating an insurgency, but ended in autocratic excess that sent him to prison.
He had been pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people. His daughter said in July that he was planning to run for Peru’s presidency for the fourth time in 2026.
His death Wednesday in the c... [7861 chars]