Alberto Fujimori: Former Peruvian leader dies at 86

The ex-president, who was convicted of human rights abuses and corruption, dies of tongue cancer.

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Fujimori governed Peru between 1990 and 2000 before being forced from office amid allegations of corruption.

His tough stance against a left-wing guerrilla insurgency at a time when the rebels looked likely to seize power won him plaudits from many.

But his war on the insurgents also resulted in serious abuses - such as the killing of 25 people by government-backed death squads, for which he was given a lengthy jail sentence.

In a sign of the support he still enjoyed more than two decades after leaving office, teary Peruvians began gathering outside his house as soon as his four children had announced his death.

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