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Fujimori Vows to Pardon Father if Elected Peru President

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -(AFP) Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has said that she would pardon her jailed father, former president Alberto Fujimori, if she wins April's general election.

The 82-year-old Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity and corruption.

Even if not elected, his 45-year-old daughter, who is herself being investigated for corruption and spent more than a year in pre-trial detention, said she would ask the winning candidate to pardon her father.

"After what we've been through I'm in favor of pardoning my father and . . .

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