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    Peru braces for protests after former President Fujimori's release from prison

    The release from prison of the former authoritarian leader has triggered uproar in the Andean country. He had been serving a 25-year sentence for directing death squads against supposed subversives.
    by Simeon Tegel Dec 07, 2023 2 minutes
    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori sits between his children Kenji (left) and Keiko upon his release from the Barbadillo prison in the eastern outskirts of Lima, on Wednesday.

    LIMA, Peru — Peru was readying itself on Thursday for three days of protests against the abrupt freeing of former strongman leader Alberto Fujimori from prison, where he had been serving a 25-year sentence for orchestrating the massacre of 25 suspected subversives during his 1990-2000 presidency.

    Fujimori, 85, walked on Wednesday evening after a controversial decision by the constitutional court to reinstate a 2017 pardon on humanitarian

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