Former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori plans to run for presidency in 2026, daughter says
Updated 8:22 PM CDT, July 14, 2024
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Alberto Fujimori, who was pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people, plans to run for Peru’s presidency for the fourth time in 2026, his eldest daughter said Sunday.
“My father and I have talked and decided together that he will be the presidential candidate,” Keiko Fujimori, leader of the right-wing Fuerza Popular party, said on social networks.
Despite the announcement, Peruvian law says anyone found guilty of acts of corruption cannot run for the office of president or vice president.
Fujimori, who was convicted in 2009 of involvement in the killing of 25 Peruvians during his administration in 1992, has three convictions on corruption charges and owes about $15 million to the Treasury, according to the Attorney General’s Office specializing in corruption crimes. The former president was extradited from Chile in 2007 and was in a Peruvian prison until last December.
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