Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) He died this Wednesday at the age of 86 from cancer. he was suffering from and just hours later his personal doctor, Alejandro Aguinaga, said he was “fighting for his life.”
“After a long battle with cancer, our father, Alberto Fujimori, has just gone to meet the Lord. 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“, his daughter Keiko Fujimori posted on her social media account X.
To the former president, 86 years old, He was diagnosed with tongue cancer over 27 years ago. and since then, he has suffered from repeated health problems. Before his death, they had already moved to the home of Keiko Fujimori – where he suffered from his illness -, in addition to Aguinaga, members of his family and several congressmen and former legislators.
Fujimori won the Peruvian presidential elections in 1989 and just three years later. In collaboration with the Armed Forces, he carried out a coup d’état whichHe abolished the Constitution, closed Congress and intervened in the Palace of Justice.
His ten years in office were punctuated by several massacres, including those of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta – which earned him a prison sentence – as well as by Forced sterilizations of thousands of women and men, mostly indigenous.
Fujimori He was sentenced to 25 years in prison precisely for the massacres of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta, but in December 2023 he obtained a pardon granted for humanitarian reasons despite the objections of the Inter-American Justice.
In mid-July, he was nominated as a presidential candidate for the 2026 elections by the Fuerza Popular party. founded by his daughter Keiko, who has run unsuccessfully in Peruvian elections several times.
