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Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86

FILE - New Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori waves to supporters at the government palace, July 28, 1990. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Balaguer, File)

FILE - New Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori waves to supporters at the government palace, July 28, 1990. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Balaguer, File)

FILE - Former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori waves at his home in Santiago after leaving the academy for the training of corrections officers in Santiago, Chile, May 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Claudio Santana, File)

FILE - Former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori waves at his home in Santiago after leaving the academy for the training of corrections officers in Santiago, Chile, May 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Claudio Santana, File)

FILE - Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gives a press conference in front of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, April 22, 1997. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

FILE - Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gives a press conference in front of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, April 22, 1997. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

FILE - Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori, center, is driven out of prison by one of his lawyers, accompanied by his son Kenji, left, after his release, in Callao, Peru, Dec. 6, 2023. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

FILE - Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori, center, is driven out of prison by one of his lawyers, accompanied by his son Kenji, left, after his release, in Callao, Peru, Dec. 6, 2023. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

FILE - Chilean police officers surround former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori, left, as he leaves his house in Santiago to be extradited to Peru to face human rights and corruption charges, early Sept. 22, 2007. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Claudio Santana, File)

FILE - Chilean police officers surround former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori, left, as he leaves his house in Santiago to be extradited to Peru to face human rights and corruption charges, early Sept. 22, 2007. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Claudio Santana, File)

FILE - Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori is seen gesturing on a screen during the first day of his trial on charges of alleged human rights violations and corruption during his government at a police base in Lima, Dec. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

FILE - Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori is seen gesturing on a screen during the first day of his trial on charges of alleged human rights violations and corruption during his government at a police base in Lima, Dec. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

FILE - Peru's jailed, former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, June 28, 2016. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

FILE - Peru's jailed, former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, June 28, 2016. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

FILE - Presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori waves to supporters after casting his vote during a presidential runoff against novelist Mario Vargas Llosa in Lima, Peru, June 10, 1990. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Recart, File)

FILE - Presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori waves to supporters after casting his vote during a presidential runoff against novelist Mario Vargas Llosa in Lima, Peru, June 10, 1990. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Recart, File)

FILE - Peruvian presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori poses for a photo, April 8, 1990. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fred Savariau, File)

FILE - Peruvian presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori poses for a photo, April 8, 1990. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fred Savariau, File)