Polarising ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies at 86
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Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86 after release from prison, leaving a controversial legacy.
Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori, who spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) at the age of 86 in the capital Lima, his family said.
“After a long battle with cancer, our father, Alberto Fujimori, has just departed to meet the Lord,” his children Keiko, Hiro, Sachie and Kenji Fujimori wrote on the social media platform X.
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“We ask those who loved him to join us in praying for the eternal rest of his soul,” they wrote, adding: “Thank you for so much, Dad!”.
Mr. Fujimori, who led Peru from 1990 to 2000, was released from prison on humanitarian grounds in December, two-thirds of the way through a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity during his rule.
Sources close to his family told AFP earlier Wednesday (September 11, 2024) that his health had deteriorated rapidly after completing treatment for tongue cancer in August.
He was last seen in public on Thursday (September 5, 2024) as he was leaving a clinic in the Miraflores district of Lima, where he said he had undergone a CT scan.
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