Posted 12/5/2023, 11:28:00 PM
Peru Court Orders Release of Imprisoned Ex-President Fujimori on Health Grounds
- Peru's constitutional court ordered immediate release of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori on humanitarian grounds
- Fujimori was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses and death squad killings in the 1990s
- He was pardoned in 2017 but pardon was later annulled under international pressure
- Constitutional court ruled in favor of the 2017 pardon that cited Fujimori's declining health
- Lower court had declined to release Fujimori last week, now ordered by constitutional court to do so