Alberto Fujimori, Authoritarian Behind Peru Rebound, Dies at 86
- Former president was imprisoned for directing death squads
- Tamed hyperinflation, defeated Shining Path guerrilla movement
Alberto Fujimori in 2018.
Photographer: Luka Gonzales/AFP/Getty Images
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Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru who oversaw the defeat of Maoist terrorists, tamed hyperinflation and continued to loom large over national politics after being imprisoned for his role in killings by death squads, has died. He was 86.
His family announced his death, from cancer, on Wednesday.