The Prime Minister, the Judiciary, Congress and the Presidency express their condolences to the family
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) died this Wednesday at the age of 86 as a result of the cancer he suffered from and just a few hours after his personal doctor, Alejandro Aguinaga, reported that he was “fighting for his life.”
“After a long battle with cancer, our father, Alberto Fujimori, has just departed to meet the Lord. We ask those who loved him to accompany us with a prayer for the eternal rest of his soul. Thank you for so much, Dad! Keiko, Hiro, Sachie and Kenji Fujimori,” his daughter Keiko Fujimori posted on her account on the social network X.
After the announcement, the country’s prime minister, Gustavo Adrianzén, indicated that he would coordinate with the family to find out their wishes regarding Fujimori’s burial, and he conveyed his condolences, according to the RPP radio station.
Former Prime Minister Alberto Orátola reacted in a similar way. Despite being considered an opponent of Fujimori, he offered his condolences to the family, understanding “the suffering of confinement, the torture of having cancer in prison and the need for national reconciliation” in a message published on X.
The Presidency, the Judiciary and Congress have also joined the messages of condolence transmitted by numerous politicians in the country.
The former president, aged 86, was diagnosed with tongue cancer more than 27 years ago and has suffered repeated health problems since then. Before his death, in addition to Aguinaga, family members and several congressmen and former legislators had already moved to Keiko Fujimori’s home –where she was spending her illness–.
Fujimori won the 1989 Peruvian presidential election and just three years later, in collaboration with the Armed Forces, he staged a coup d’état that abolished the Constitution, closed Congress and took over the Palace of Justice.
His ten years in office were punctuated by several massacres, including those in Barrios Altos and La Cantuta – which earned him a prison sentence – as well as forced sterilizations of thousands of women and men, mostly indigenous.
Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison precisely for the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta massacres, but in December 2023 he received a pardon granted on humanitarian grounds despite objections from the Inter-American courts.
In mid-July he was appointed presidential candidate for the 2026 elections by the Fuerza Popular party, founded by his daughter Keiko, who has repeatedly run unsuccessfully in the Peruvian elections.
