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Peruvian Ex-Dictator Alberto Fujimori Dies at 86

HeadlineSep 12, 2024

Peru’s former authoritarian President Alberto Fujimori died Wednesday at the age of 86. Last year, a Peruvian court released Fujimori from prison on humanitarian grounds. Fujimori had been serving a 25-year sentence since 2009 for human rights abuses including kidnapping, bribery and ordering massacres by death squads.

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