Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Fuerza Popular party, was released late Friday evening from the women’s prison in Chorrillos, in south Lima, following the Constitutional Court’s decision earlier this week. Fujimori had served 13 months of an 18-month pre-trial custody sentence.
“The Constitutional Court has corrected a great harm in a process full of abuse,” Fujimori said.
“I’m going to take some time to be reunited with my family, to recover my health, and afterwards, later on, we will also decide on the second phase of my life,” Fujimori said as she was greeted by her husband, Mark Villanella, and supporters outside the prison.
Villanella staged a hunger strike for 13 days, camping in a pup tent outside the prison entrance, to demand his wife’s release. He broke the strike when the Constitutional Court announced its decision.
Investigations will continue into Fujimori’s involvement in her presidential campaign funding in 2011 and 2016, alleged money laundering and organized crime, and obstruction of justice.
