Fujimori Jailed on Murder Charges Gets 25 Years

Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru, has been jailed for 25 years after being found guilty of all charges, including crimes against humanity, following a 15-month trial.

Fujimori, 70, was also found to have ordered two massacres and two kidnappings that took place in the 1990s during the country's "dirty war" against the Shining Path rebel group.

The verdict related to two massacres, the first committed on November 3, 1991 when a group of armed and masked soldiers burst into a party in the Lima suburb of Barrios Altos, killing 15 people, including an eight-year-old boy.

Several months later, nine university students and their professor were rounded up by the same "La Colina" squad, taken to a deserted area of the city, and executed with shots to the back of the head.