Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori left the clinic where he was hospitalized for heart problems on Monday and returned to his prison in Lima, his daughter Keiko Fujimori reported.
“My father was discharged today (Monday) from the Centenario Clinic to continue his treatment in the Barbadillo prison. On the day he was taken to the El Golf Clinic for analysis of the progress of his pulmonary fibrosis”indicated the former legislator on her Twitter account.
Keiko Fujimori explained that the former president “will continue to undergo strict medical observation of his two main ailments: fibrosis and atrial fibrillation,” the AFP agency reported.
“On behalf of my brothers, I appreciate your concern and we ask for your prayers for his speedy recovery,” added the leader of the opposition Fuerza Popular party.
He will continue under strict medical observation of his two main ailments: fibrosis and atrial fibrillation. On behalf of my brothers, I thank him for his concern and we ask for your prayers for his speedy recovery. (2/2)
— Keiko Fujimori (@KeikoFujimori) March 14, 2022
83 years old, Fujimori had been hospitalized urgently on March 3, after suffering a heart attack at the police base where he has been serving a 25-year prison sentence since 2007 for the death of 25 people in two massacres carried out by paramilitary groups during his government. (1990-2000).
Fujimori recurrently suffers from respiratory and neurological problems (facial paralysis) and hypertension.
One day after his last hospitalization, President Pedro Castillo’s chief of staff, Aníbal Torres, again left open the chance to take him to a common prison “when he heals”, to end what he described as a “golden prison”.
