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July 21, 2009

Ex-Peruvian President Convicted of Embezzlement
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Peru’s supreme court has convicted former president Alberto Fujimori of
embezzlement and sentenced him to seven-and-a-half years in prison.
Fujimori was found guilty of giving a $15 million bribe to a former
senior aide who he feared was plotting a coup against him. In April, the
same court sentenced the ex-president to twenty-five years in prison
after he was found guilty of authorizing an army death squad that killed
twenty-five civilians between 1991 and 1992.



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