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April 8, 2009

Fujimori Sentenced to 25 Years
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In Peru, former president Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to
twenty-five years in prison for overseeing a series of human rights
abuses during the 1990s. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel found Fujimori
guilty of “crimes against humanity,” including ordering massacres that
killed twenty-five people and the kidnappings of two political
opponents. The verdict marks the first time an elected head of state has
been extradited back to their home country and convicted of human rights
abuses.



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