Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori attends his trial at the Special Police Headquarters in Lima June 30, 2008. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government on Friday rejected a pardon request from jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, saying he does not suffer from a terminal illness, in a move likely to aggravate tensions with the opposition.
Fujimori, 74, was imprisoned on corruption and human rights convictions stemming from his 1990-2000 rule, when he beat back hyperinflation and concentrated power to crack down on a bloody leftist insurgency known as the Shining Path.
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