Peru’s Fujimori sentenced to 7½ years in prison for corruption and bribery

Former President Alberto Fujimori – already serving a 25-year sentence meted out last April for sanctioning a paramilitary death squad – was found guilty Monday of corruption and bribery. The court sentenced Fujimori to 7½ years, to run concurrently with the longer prison term. “This was not a political sentence,” said Chief Judge César San [...]

Keiko Fujimori’s husband made citizen of Peru

Peru lawmaker Keiko Fujimori’s husband, American-born Mark Vito Villanilla, became a Peruvian citizen in early April after having his naturalization request approved, Radio Radio Programas, or RPP, reported Monday. If Keiko Fujimori were to take up residence again in the Government Palace as commander and chief, Vito would become Peru’s first foreign-born gentleman. Previous first [...]