He was the autocrat who ruled Peru with an iron fist in the 90s, he served 16 years in prison out of the 25 he was sentenced to for being the intellectual author of the massacres in the cases of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta and last December he was released from prison thanks to a humanitarian pardon. Former President Alberto Fujimori died this Wednesday in Lima at the age of 86, as announced by his daughter Keiko Fujimori on the social network Mister. We ask those who appreciated him to accompany us with a prayer for the eternal rest of his soul. Thank you very much dad! Keiko, Hiro, Sachie and Kenji Fujimori, “wrote the leader of the Fuerza Popular party. The politician Nikki had returned to the front line in recent months while influencer And youtuber and his own daughter has even declared that she will run in the 2026 presidential elections. Fujimori died on September 11, the same day that, at the same age, three years ago, Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Sendero Bright guerrilla group.
The figure of Fujimori has never ceased to hover over Peruvian political life precisely because of the brutal repression he unleashed while he remained in power. The granting of the pardon has divided public opinion in the country for years. The former president was able to leave prison thanks to a decision by the Constitutional Court, which revalidated a pardon granted in 2017 due to his poor health. He then left the Barbadillo prison on Christmas Eve and entered a clinic where he remained for almost 100 days. However, he had to return to prison after the judgment was annulled. The decision of the Constitutional Court contravenes an order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) and has placed the Government of Dina Boluarte in a position of contempt for the inter-American judicial system.
Director Dina Boluarte offered her condolences through social networks. “The Presidency of the Republic regrets the sensitive death of the former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori. Our deepest condolences to the family that we accompany in their deep pain. May God bless him and may he rest in peace. Various journalistic sources have warned in recent hours that his condition is critical. Last week, he was caught by the press leaving a local clinic in a wheelchair. When asked about his health, he only managed to answer that he had gone to get tests for his multiple illnesses. Before their deaths were known, a priest was seen leaving the house of Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Fuerza Popular party. Deputies from the Orange party and their family doctor also entered.
Throughout this year, Fujimori has had a fairly active role on social mediawhere he has made various videos to restore his image of various events that incriminate him. He also joins the political group led by his daughter. Last July, it was precisely Keiko who assured that her father would be the main card of Fujimorism for the 2026 general elections: “I believe that he is the one who should show the way. “I would let my father lead this presidential project,” said the politician who narrowly lost the last three elections.
These statements have opened a public debate since, according to the Constitution, anyone convicted of committing an intentional crime, whether as an author or an accomplice, is prohibited from running for elected office. And it has been pointed out that a pardon does not eliminate the sentence. The truth is that last month, Congress approved a law that directly favors the autocrat, since it frees from any judicial process those who committed crimes against humanity or war crimes before July 2002, the date on which the Statute came into force in Peru from Rome.
A fact that has aroused the rejection of a large part of the population, the Congress has also had approved a lifelong pension for Fujimori. By law, former constitutional presidents must receive a pension equivalent to the total income of an active member of Congress, but this benefit is suspended in the event of a constitutional accusation, unless the judiciary declares their innocence. Fujimori had a debt of one million dollars to the Peruvian state amounting to 15 and a half million dollars. According to the 2004 Global Corruption Report, prepared by the NGO Transparency International, the politician, who has been able to enjoy the support of a part of the popular classes, occupies seventh place among the ten most corrupt leaders.