Former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimoriwho was released from prison last December, is in poor health after his last radiotherapy treatment for cancer, a source close to the family reported.
“It’s delicate”said the source, who asked to remain anonymous after confirming that his condition is not favorable.
On behalf of the Fujimorist party Fuerza Popular, Miguel Torres told the press that the former president “is going through a difficult time” and asked his followers to “pray for the president” who governed between 1990 and 2000.
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On July 14, his daughter Keiko announced that the right-wing leader would run for president in the 2026 elections, after being released from prison under a humanitarian pardon when he reached the end of his term. a 25-year sentence for rape of human rights.
“On behalf of the family, we would like to thank you for your concern. The president is fighting for his life,” Alejandro Aguinaga, his family doctor, told journalists.
To the house in the Lima district of San Borja, where he lives with his daughter Keiko Fujimoria Catholic priest arrived, according to the same sources.
Alberto Fujimori was caught publicly last Thursday when he left a clinic in the Miraflores district, where he had a CT scan, as he himself revealed. On that occasion, Fujimori appeared in a wheelchairaccompanied by his children Keiko and Kenji Fujimori.
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The Peruvian president, In Boluarteexpressed his “concern” for the former president’s health through social media.
Of Japanese origin, Fujimori ruled Peru with an iron fist and managed to defeat the Maoist guerrilla group Shining Pathwhose main leaders were arrested.
He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for two massacres of civilians perpetrated by an army squad in the context of the fight against Shining Path. in the early 1990s.
(With information from AFP)
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