Peruvian government declares period of mourning following death of Fujimori

Fujimori’s bequest remains bitterly contested successful Peru, wherever helium was convicted of corruption and terrible rights abuses.

The authorities of Peru has announced a three-day play of nationalist mourning pursuing the decease of arguable erstwhile President Alberto Fujimori.

President Dina Boluarte signed a decree for a play of mourning connected Thursday, 1 time aft Fujimori, convicted of corruption and quality rights abuses during his tenure successful office, died astatine the location of his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, successful the superior Lima.

“This morning, the National Flag was raised astatine half-mast successful the Legislative Palace owed to the decease of the erstwhile president of the republic, Alberto Fujimori,” Diario Oficial El Peruano, the country’s authoritative regular paper, said connected Thursday.

Fujimori’s assemblage volition laic successful the Ministry of Culture successful Lima until Saturday, erstwhile helium volition beryllium moved to a cemetery southbound of the capital. The outlet Peru 21 posted photos connected societal media showing supporters queuing extracurricular of the Ministry of Culture to wage their respects.

Shining Path rebels

In decease arsenic successful life, Fujimori has polarised Peru, the Andean federation wherever his supporters recognition him with righting the system done a bid of harsh neoliberal reforms and crushing the Maoist guerilla radical Sendero Luminoso, oregon Shining Path, that terrorised the state for years.

He did truthful done a brutal counterinsurgency run that included wide rights abuses and contributed to Fujimori’s increasing authoritarianism, including a “self-coup” successful 1992 that unopen down Congress and the judiciary. His economical reforms are besides criticised for their terrible interaction connected the country’s poor.

Peru’s civilian warfare betwixt the authorities and assorted rebel groups is estimated to person near astatine slightest 70,000 dead.

Fujimori’s authorities besides oversaw abuses specified arsenic a run of forced sterilisations that targeted women successful the country’s mediocre and mostly Indigenous regions.

Fujimori’s ex-spy main Vladimiro Montesinos sits successful beforehand of a instrumentality authoritative connected June 26, 2001 astatine the Palace of Justice successful Lima, Peru. After 8 months arsenic a fugitive from justice, Montesinos faces charges of corruption, embezzlement and execution [Getty Images]

Montesinos scandal

Fujimori fled to exile successful Japan aft his removal successful 2000 pursuing a bribery and corruption ungraded that progressive his notorious intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos.

Fujimori was yet detained successful Chile during a sojourn to the state successful 2005 and extradited to Peru successful September 2007 connected charges of engagement successful ordering killings and kidnappings during his clip arsenic leader.

He was tried and convicted successful 2009 for crimes connected to the execution of 25 radical by decease squads that targeted leftist militants arsenic good arsenic activists and civilians.

Fujimori was released from prison successful December 2023 by a Peruvian court, successful defiance of an bid from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

On societal media, hashtags ranging from #FujimoriNuncaMas (Fujimori ne'er again) to #FujimoriPorSiempre (Fujimori forever) underscore the schisms that stay contiguous successful Peruvian nine much than 2 decades aft helium fled the state and resigned via fax from Japan.

Detractors pointed out, with lingua successful cheek, that Fujimori died connected the aforesaid time of the twelvemonth arsenic Shining Path person Abimael Guzman, who perished successful situation successful 2021. His seizure by authorities information services successful 1992 was a large triumph successful the government’s efforts to dismantle the much-feared group.

Fujimori’s daughter, Keiko, a erstwhile lawmaker and statesmanlike contender herself, said successful July that her begetter would tally for president successful 2026, adjacent though helium would person been successful his precocious 80s.

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