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Peruvian constitutional court orders release of former President Alberto Fujimori

Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori listens to a question during his testimony in a courtroom at a military base in Callao, Peru, March 15, 2018. (Martin Mejia/AP)

LIMA, Peru — Peru's constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release Tuesday for imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, who was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s.

The court ruled in favor of a 2017 pardon that had granted the former leader a release on humanitarian grounds but that later was annulled.

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