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Former President of Peru
Authoritarian Rule, Death Squads
President of Peru (1990-2000) who dissolved Congress, rewrote the constitution, and authorized death squad operations through the Grupo Colina. Convicted of human rights abuses and corruption, sentenced to 25 years in prison. Pardoned controversially in 2023. Died September 11, 2024.
Authorized Grupo Colina death squad
La Cantuta and Barrios Altos massacres
Forced sterilization of indigenous women
Self-coup dissolving Congress in 1992
Intelligence chief who ran death squads
1 documented sources from official records, investigations, and reports
1990
Elected President of Peru
1992
Self-coup: dissolved Congress
2000
Fled to Japan amid scandals
2009
Convicted of human rights abuses, sentenced to 25 years
2024
Died at age 86