The Constitutional Court of Peru ruled this Thursday (17) for the release of former president Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for the massacres of Barrios Altos (1991) and La Cantuta (1992), which took place during his government.
According to information from the newspaper La República, the court upheld an appeal questioning the annulment of a humanitarian pardon granted by former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in December 2017. The following year, the pardon was annulled by the Judiciary.
At the Constitutional Court, three judges voted in favor of Fujimori’s release and three against, and a tie-breaking vote was cast by magistrate Augusto Ferrero.
In 2009, Fujimori, who is 83 years old, was sentenced for human rights violations to 25 years in prison due to actions by the paramilitary group Colina, which in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta massacres killed a total of 25 suspected members of the Sendero guerrilla. bright. The Peruvian justice later concluded that the victims were not part of the guerrilla group.
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