LIMA, Peru—Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori received a humanitarian pardon on Sunday about halfway through a 25-year prison sentence for human-rights abuses and corruption during his authoritarian regime in the 1990s. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who faced a mix of gratitude and sharp criticism from Peruvians who remember the former strongman, said in a statement that he decided to grant the pardon due to Mr. Fujimori’s deteriorating health. Mr. Fujimori has said he suffers from arrhythmia and has in the past...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 25, 2017 00:33 UTC