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A Peruvian court postponed Sunday a ruling on a prosecutor's demand to put opposition leader Keiko Fujimori in preventive detention for 36 months, which she called a conspiracy to "bury" her presidential hopes. Anti-corruption prosecutor Jose Domingo Perez had asked the court to hold Fujimori ...
Fujimori upset over daughter's arrest, asks feuding kids to get along
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Saturday criticized the arrest of his daughter, Keiko, for alleged money laundering and pleaded with his feuding children, who are battling to lead the biggest party in Congress, to join forces. "I have never felt greater pain in my ...
Peru police arrest Keiko Fujimori for alleged money laundering amid Odebrecht probe
Police in Peru have arrested Keiko Fujimori, the opposition leader and daughter of disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori, for alleged money laundering involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, her lawyer said Wednesday. The 43-year-old was arrested on the orders of prosecutors investigating contributions to her campaign when ...
Peruvian ex-strongman Fujimori, 80, warns from hospital that return to prison will kill him
Peru's former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori on Thursday appealed to current President Martin Vizcarra and to judges not to return him to prison because his "heart would not cope." The former president, 80, spoke from a private clinic where he is undergoing treatment for heart ...
Alberto Fujimori, both loved and hated by fellow Peruvians, to quietly mark 80th birthday
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori turns 80 on Saturday — his first birthday in 12 years out of prison — with his children and the nation sharply divided over his political legacy. "Let history judge my successes and my errors," Fujimori wrote in a message ...
Peruvian Congress suspends but cannot oust Kenji Fujimori over alleged corruption
Peru's Congress suspended lawmaker Kenji Fujimori late Wednesday over corruption allegations but lacked a quorum to dismiss him as part of a fight with his sister for control of their father's political dynasty. After 11 hours of debate in a special plenary session, 61 lawmakers ...
Peru's center-right President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced his resignation on Wednesday after vote-buying allegations ensnared him in a fresh scandal on the eve of an impeachment vote, capping months of political turmoil in one of Latin America's most stable economies. Kuczynski, a 79-year-old former Wall ...
Peru court orders ex-President Alberto Fujimori to stand trial for 1992 mass killing
A Peruvian court ordered former President Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime. The National Criminal Court said the pardon granted to Fujimori in a ...
Son of Alberto Fujimori breaks with the opposition and says he will back Peruvian president
The youngest son of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori said on Wednesday that he would form a new political group to support the executive branch as President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and his center-right government grow increasingly isolated. Kenji Fujimori, whose popularity is surging, said he ...
Three months before he granted Alberto Fujimori a pardon on medical grounds, Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski met the jailed former president's son, lawmaker Kenji Fujimori, to discuss his release, a source close to the president said. After a ceremony at the ornate presidential palace ...
Jailed Peruvian ex-President Fujimori rallied loyalists to save Kuczynski from impeachment
As Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski scrambled to survive a bid in Congress to oust him in the wake of a graft scandal, his jailed authoritarian predecessor, Alberto Fujimori, called on his loyalists in Congress to save the head of state. The day before the ...
Peru's president grants medical pardon for jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori
Peru's president announced Sunday night that he had granted a medical pardon to jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, corruption and the sanctioning of death squads. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said in a statement that he ...
