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(CNN Spanish) - A source close to the Constitutional Court of Peru confirmed to CNN that this judicial body declared the habeas corpus presented by Keiko Fujimori's family founded. This cancels the preventive detention of the Popular Force leader, who would be released in the next few hours.
The tax investigation against Fujimori will continue, but she can wait for the verdict out of prison.
On October 31, 2018, Peruvian Judge Richard Concepción Carhuancho had issued a 36-month preventive detention to the opposition Keiko Fujimori, who was investigated for suspected laundering
of assets along with another 11 imputed. Fujimori, daughter of convicted former president Alberto Fujimori, is said to be a member of a criminal organization in the Fuerza Popular party.
Fujimori denies the facts that are imputed to him.