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Alberto Fujimori is a Peruvian politician, of Japanese origin, who presided over Peru between 1990 and 2000. His government was full of controversies and accusations of crimes, for which he was finally sentenced to 25 years in prison.
In this photo he appears in a military parade in Lima in July 1991. (Credit: HECTOR MATA / AFP via Getty Images)
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This 1940 photo shows a photo of the family of former President Alberto Fujimori (second right) when he was a baby with his mother Matsuei (third left), his sister Rosa (right).
The girl on his right side is unidentified.
Fujimori's parents emigrated to Peru in 1934, 35 years after the first Japanese immigrants arrived in Peru.
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Fujimori was elected president of Peru in 1990. He received the country plunged into economic chaos.
In his first years of government and after an economic reform, the so-called "Fuji-shock" paved the way for economic recovery and growth.
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Known as "El Chino" due to his Japanese origins, Fujimori had an authoritarian style during his governments.
So much so that he dissolved Congress in 1992, an action that was condemned by the international community, but well received by many Peruvians.
In this photo from 1990, Fujimori is greeted as a hero with chants by people from his ancestral city, Kawachi, in Japan.
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Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder, kidnapping and corruption, in addition to acts of corruption committed during his government, between 1990 and 2000. In this photo, Fujimori appears in 2007 before the Supreme Court of Justice that sentenced him that year.
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Fujimori imposed measures to defeat the domestic terrorism that bled the country for more than a decade.
During his government, Abimael Guzmán (in this photo), the leader of the Shining Path guerrilla group, responsible for countless deaths in the country, was captured.
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In 1997 it ended with a hostage-taking that lasted four months, by the guerrilla group Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Peru.
In this photo, members of the special forces of Peru appear taking hostages from the ambassador's residence where they were kidnapped.
One hostage, two soldiers and all the MRTA rebels were killed in the operation.
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With Fujimori the country was divided: his followers say that Fujimori recovered Peru's economy and put an end to terrorism.
But his opponents say the former president built an autocratic and corrupt regime, controlled the media and violated human rights.
This file photo shows Fujimori visiting a poor neighborhood in Lima on August 20, 1992. (Credit: YURI CORTEZ / AFP via Getty Images)
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Fujimori won the presidency three times and was in power from 1990 to 2000, despite accusations of wrongdoing during his rule.
In this 1997 photo, the president of Peru appears waving in New York.
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| But human rights groups and thousands of victims assured that during his presidency Fujimori carried out a sterilization campaign that was part of a birth control program in the 1990s in rural areas of the country. In this photo from 2000, protesters protest against Fujimori in front of the Palace of Justice in Lima, when Fujimori was taking office for a third term. (Credit: FIDEL CARRILLO / AFP) (Photo by FIDEL CARRILLO / AFP via Getty Images)
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The end of his regime began when a corruption scandal broke out that shook his government, with his intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, at the center of the scandal with the so-called 'vladivideos', a collection of home videos made by his advisor that they made fall to Fujimori after a decade in power.
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Vladimiro Montesinos, Fujimori's former intelligence chief, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for crimes of corruption and human rights violations, in addition to his participation in an illegal arms exchange with Colombian rebels and another 15 years on corruption charges.
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Fujimori denied any wrongdoing or wrongdoing, and in 2000, after attending an OPEC summit, he came to Japan claiming Japanese citizenship as the son of Japanese immigrants.
This in order to avoid extradition.
On November 13, 2000, Fujimori resigned from the presidency via fax from Japan.
In this photo Fujimori speaks to journalists from Tokyo on November 21.
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The Peruvian Congress did not accept his resignation and on November 21, 2000 declared him "incapably moral" and removed him from office.
In this photo there is a graffiti in Lima repudiating Fujimori and Montesinos.
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| In 2005, Fujimori arrived in Chile as he was preparing for a political comeback. He was arrested in the neighboring country and years later extradited to Peru to face charges of human rights violations. He also faced charges of corruption, bribery and abuse of power. In this photo Fujimori, accompanied by Chilean officials, leaves the Santiago police institute where he was detained after being informed of his extradition request by the Peruvian justice system. (Credit: LUIS HIDALGO / AFP via Getty Images)
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In 2007, he was unsuccessfully sent to the Senate of Japan to avoid his extradition.
He does not win a seat in the Japanese Senate.
That year, he was extradited to Peru and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Two years later, in 2009, he faced another trial and received another 25 years in prison for human rights violations, including kidnapping.
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"I am innocent and I do not accept this sentence, I do not accept this accusation."
Fujimori has consistently said that he did what the country needed.
In this photo the former president appears in December 2007 at the beginning of his trial before the Peruvian courts.
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In 2017, the then president of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynsky granted him an unexpected humanitarian pardon on Christmas Eve.
The decision produced controversy in the country and further divided public opinion.
"I am aware that the results during my government were well received on the one hand, but I recognize on the other hand that I have also disappointed other compatriots. I sincerely apologize to them," Fujimori said from his hospital bed that year.
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Alberto Fujimori greets his followers as he leaves the Centenario Clinic in Lima on January 4, 2018 after twelve days in hospital.
Days before, he had received the humanitarian pardon from President PPK.
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Fujimori's humanitarian pardon sparked protests in Peru.
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President Kuczynski's decision was rejected by many in Peru, calling him a "traitor" and calling for Fujimori to serve his sentence, as shown in this photo taken in Lima, Peru, on January 30, 2018. (Credit: CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP via Getty Images)
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| A year after his pardon, in January 2019 Fujimori's humanitarian pardon was annulled and he re-entered the Barbadillo prison, located within the Directorate of Special Operations (Diroes), in Lima. There he will serve the remainder of his 25-year prison sentence for crimes against human rights. In this photo, police and sympathizers appear outside the clinic where Alberto Fujimori was hospitalized. (CRIS BOURONCLE / AFP / Getty Images)
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In October 2021 Fujimori, who underwent heart surgery to place a stent because the anterior descending coronary artery was 75% obstructed, reported his GP and Popular Force congressman, Alejandro Aguinaga.
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(CNN in Spanish) -
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was taken to the San Felipe Clinic for "urgent" medical examinations to determine the reasons for his low oxygen saturation, his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, said on Twitter.
Keiko Fujimori added that the doctors have told him that they believe the ex-president would suffer from pulmonary fibrosis.
The former president's daughter added that her father is undergoing specialized tests to confirm the diagnosis and thus be able to see what is the most appropriate treatment.
So far, Keiko Fujimori has not confirmed whether or not her father will be hospitalized at the San Felipe Clinic.
This Tuesday afternoon, Keiko Fujimori had reported that her mother, Susana Higuchi, was admitted to a hospital for respiratory problems, that her health was serious and that she was in intensive care.
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