Alberto Fujimori
Peru grants early release to US woman jailed for terror
May 25, 2010 19:43 EDT
Peru ordered the release Monday of American Lori Berenson, who was serving a 20-year sentence for terrorism since 1995, granting her a reduced sentence for good conduct, judge Jessica Leon said.
Peru grants early release to US woman jailed for terror
May 25, 2010 18:37 EDT
Peru on Monday ordered the immediate release of American Lori Berenson, who was serving a 20-year sentence for terrorism since 1995, granting her a reduced sentence for good conduct, judge Jessica Leon said.
Jailed U.S. citizen Berenson may be freed in Peru
May 25, 2010 13:25 EDT
LIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a U.S. citizen serving a 20-year sentence in Peru for aiding leftist guerrillas, could be granted parole on Tuesday after some 15 years in prison and deported, an official at the country's justice ministry said.
30 years on, Peru's Shining Path remnants live on
May 19, 2010 15:52 EDT
Thirty years after unleashing a blood-soaked wave of terror, remnants of the Shining Path guerrillas are either in prison, working as hired guns for drug runners, or looking for ways to take part in Peru's democracy.
Japan embassy siege hits screens in Peru
May 05, 2010 16:46 EDT
Peru revisits its dramatic Japanese embassy siege, which took place more than a decade ago, in a new TV series and movie.
After violence, critics say Peru's Garcia must go
Apr 07, 2010 18:17 EDT
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's left-wing Nationalist Party presented a motion in Congress on Wednesday to have President Alan Garcia declared "morally unfit" to lead, but the move to force him to leave office was likely to fail.
Peru president fires justice minister amid scandal
Mar 16, 2010 22:06 EDT
Peru's justice minister removed amid scandal over pardoning of convicted media executive. President Alan Garcia fired Peru's justice minister Tuesday amid questions over the pardoning of a former media executive convicted of taking payoffs to provide favorable coverage for a previous government.
Comedian's run getting no laughs from Peru politicians
Mar 16, 2010 12:12 EDT
A popular comedian's potential 2011 presidential run is getting no laughs at all from more "serious" Peruvian politicians, worried about his rise in the polls.
Fujimori attends daughter's wedding in Peru prison
Feb 27, 2010 20:57 EST
Peru's jailed ex-president attends daughter's wedding in prison chapel. Jailed former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has attended his daughter's wedding in a prison chapel.
Fujimori attends daughter's jailhouse wedding: reports
Feb 27, 2010 19:55 EST
Ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori attended Saturday the nuptials of his daughter Sachi inside the police facility where he is serving 25 years for rights abuses, local media reported.
Fujimori daughter wants jailed dad to walk her down aisle
Feb 23, 2010 15:24 EST
The youngest daughter of Peruvian ex-president Alberto Fujimori wants to wed inside the jail where her father is held so he can escort her to the altar, her sister said Tuesday.
Peruvian court upholds 25-year sentence for Fujimori
Jan 03, 2010 12:07 EST
The Peruvian Supreme Court on Sunday unanimously upheld a 25-year prison sentence on the country's former president Alberto Fujimori, who has been convicted of massive human rights abuses.
Peru court upholds ex-president's 25-year sentence
Jan 03, 2010 10:40 EST
Peru's top court upholds 25-year sentence of ex-President Fujimori for slayings. Peru's judicial system says the Supreme Court has ratified a 25-year prison sentence for ex-President Alberto Fujimori.
Peruvian court upholds 25-year sentence for Fujimori
Jan 03, 2010 03:30 EST
The Peruvian Supreme Court on Sunday unanimously upheld a 25-year prison sentence on the country's former president Alberto Fujimori, who has been convicted of massive human rights abuses.
Peru Supreme Court confirms 25-yr sentence for Fujimori
Jan 03, 2010 02:14 EST
The Peruvian Surpreme Court early Sunday unanimously confirmed a 25-year prison sentence on the country's former president Alberto Fujimori.
Peru Supreme Court confirms 25-yr sentence for Fujimori
Jan 03, 2010 01:40 EST
The Peruvian Surpreme Court early Sunday unanimously confirmed a 25-year prison sentence on the country's former president Alberto Fujimori.
Cocaine and rebels haunt Peru's remote jungle
Dec 15, 2009 20:22 EST
AYNA SAN FRANCISCO, Peru (Reuters) - Peru's civil war is over but fighters from the Shining Path rebel group have joined the country's cocaine trade, turning a lawless bundle of valleys into a security problem for President Alan Garcia.
Peru court reviews Fujimori's 25-year sentence
Nov 23, 2009 21:45 EST
Peru's Supreme Court has opened a three-day review of former president Alberto Fujimori's 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations.
Peru: Fujimori sentenced to 6 years for corruption
Sep 30, 2009 16:56 EDT
Peruvian ex-President Fujimori sentenced for bribes, wiretaps to 6 years, fined $9 million. A court imposed a six-year prison sentence Wednesday on disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who already faced the prospect of spending the rest of his life in a cell after three previous convictions. He also was fined $9 million for authorizing wiretaps and bribes.
Peru's Fujimori gets 6 years prison for bribes
Sep 30, 2009 14:10 EDT
LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for wiretapping opponents and paying bribes to lawmakers and publishers during his rule from 1990 to 2000.
