Former Peru Leader Fujimori to Run for President, Daughter Says

  • Alberto Fujimori candidacy likely to face court challenges
  • Ex-chief was pardoned last year after human rights abuses
Alberto Fujimori and his daughter Keiko Fujimori departing the Barbadillo prison in Lima, Peru, in December.Photographer: Fabiola Granda/Bloomberg
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Disgraced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori seeks to run for president as the candidate of the Popular Force political party, his daughter Keiko Fujimori, who leads the party, said in a videoBloomberg Terminal posted on her X account Sunday.

The elder Fujimori wishes to return to politics after a controversial pardon last year for a conviction in his role in death squad killings.