Alberto Fujimori sentenced to six more years in jail
01.01.2010
In September, last year, The Special Court at the Supreme Justice Court found former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori guilty of the charges of irregular purchase of a media company, bribing congressmen, and wiretapping politicians, journalists and other public personalities, and sentenced him to six years more in jail.
Peru (1) -- Analyses -- 2010
About Alberto Fujimori
01.01.2010
Alberto Kenya Fujimori is born in Lima on July 28, 1938. He served as President of Peru from July 28, 1990, to November 17, 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of authoritarianism and human rights violations. Even amidst his 2008 prosecution for "crimes against humanity" relating to his presidency, two-thirds of Peruvians polled voiced approval for his leadership in that period. The court also ordered him to pay to the Peruvian state a compensation of more than S/. 24 million soles (about US $8 million dollars) and also S/. 3 million soles (US $1 million) to each one of the victims of wiretapping. He is from now on legally forbidden to take part in any public activity. Fujimori and his lawyer said they would appeal the sentence.
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