Story highlights Alberto Fujimori was serving 25 years for human rights abusesHe was taken to a Lima hospital Saturday(CNN) Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses, was pardoned Sunday for "humanitarian reasons." Fujimori "suffers from a progressive, degenerative and incurable disease," according to a statement from current President Pedro Paulo Kuczynski's office. Fujimori was sentenced in 2009 after being convicted of authorizing the operation of a death squad responsible for killing civilians. On Saturday, Fujimori, 79, was transferred to a Lima hospital after experiencing a drop in blood pressure and a heart arrhythmia, his doctor told reporters. Kuczynski pardoned Fujimori and seven other persons "in similar condition" on Sunday evening.

Source: CNN December 25, 2017 02:48 UTC