Peru's Ex-President Fujimori Released from Prison Amid Controversy over Medical Pardon
• Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison on Wednesday, after getting a medical pardon in 2017 that was later annulled
• Fujimori was a divisive figure - credited with defeating Shining Path terrorists but also criticized for authoritarian policies and human rights abuses
• In 2009, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for authorizing a death squad responsible for civilian deaths
• He received a medical pardon in 2017 from then-President Kuczynski due to declining health, but it was annulled a year later
• The Constitutional Court ordered his release now, upholding the medical pardon due to his "progressive, degenerative and incurable disease"