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Peru declares three days of mourning after death of ex-president Alberto Fujimori
Decision to honour authoritarian leader jailed for corruption and human rights abuses sparks mixed reactions
Peru has declared three days of national mourning after the death of its former strongman leader Alberto Fujimori, who died on Wednesday aged 86 and was the only Peruvian president to have been convicted and jailed for human rights crimes.
The government of Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, also decreed that flags be flown at half-mast in public and military buildings as Fujimori, who governed Peru throughout the 1990s, lies in state in the Museum of the Nation until the burial on Saturday.
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