Alberto Fujimori

(Newser) - A special tribunal convicted former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori of murder and kidnapping today and sentenced him to 25 years in prison related to death-squad activities during his autocratic 10-year rule. The judge told a hushed courtroom there was no question the 70-year-old Fujimori authorized the creation of a military...

(Newser) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for abuse of power. He was convicted of ordering the theft of evidence of widespread political corruption collected by his former intelligence chief. Fujimori, 69, began a separate trial Monday on kidnapping and murder charges related to...