Many Peruvians still revere Fujimori for pulling the country out of a severe economic crisis in the 1990s and defeating the Shining Path terrorist group. Others say his authoritarian rule was to blame for clandestine military killings. He spent some 16 years behind bars for human rights abuses.

Relatives of the victims of army massacres lament that Fujimoro went to his grave without showing remorse for their deaths

Peru on Saturday bid an emotional farewell to its divisive former president Alberto Fujimori after three days of national mourning marked by expressions of nostalgia for his iron-fisted rule. Fujimori was revered by many in Peru for crushing a bloody leftist insurgency and helping shore up the economy while in office from 1990 to 2000.

Former President Alberto Fujimori of Peru, a controversial figure who helmed the country's government from 1990 to 2000, died Wednesday. He was 86.

Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was buried Saturday after three days of national mourning in which thousan

President Fujimori’s legacy remains bitterly contested in Peru, where he was convicted of corruption and rights abuses.

LIMA, Sept 12 — Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori, who spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died today at the age of 86 in the capital Lima, his family said.