Peru ex-leader Fujimori hospitalized for second time in two weeks

[WorldNews]

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was hospitalized late on Sunday after experiencing sharp pains in his abdomen, the second time this month he has been let out of prison for medical treatment, his doctor said. Since 2007, Fujimori, 78, has been serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption stemming from his decade-long authoritarian rule in the 1990s. Fujimori appears to have a cyst on his pancreas and will undergo tests likely keep him in the hospital for a second night, the head of his medical team, Alejandro Aguinaga, said on Monday.

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