Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, has been released from prison in the country's capital having spent more than 15 years incarcerated. The nation's constitutional court reinstated a presidential pardon issued six years ago to the 85-year-old. Mr Fujimori left the compound wearing a face mask, supported by two of his children, Kenji and Keiko Fujimori, who lost the last presidential election by a narrow margin. To his supporters, Alberto Fujimori was the president who saved Peru from the twin evils of terrorism and economic collapse. When he was sentenced to prison in 2009 at the age of 70, most Peruvians assumed the former leader would spend the rest of his life in jail.

Source: Daily Nation December 07, 2023 07:01 UTC