Alberto Fujimori, the former Peruvian authoritarian president, has died at the age of 86. He had been serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses, but was released in December 2023 on a humanitarian pardon for his ailing health.
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00:00Peru's authoritarian former president Alberto Fujimori has died at the age of 86.
00:07Fujimori governed the South American nation from 1990 to 2000.
00:12He's credited with reforming the country's economy
00:15and stamping out the leftist guerrilla group The Shining Path,
00:19but his reputation was tainted by human rights abuses and corruption.
00:23He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2009 for his role in death squad massacres.
00:29He was released in December last year because of his ailing health.