Former Peruvian strongman Vladimiro Montesinos was sentenced to 19 years in prison Wednesday for his involvement in a 1992 massacre under then-President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) who has been ...

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Disgraced Peruvian spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos ... Although officially a Fujimori adviser, Montesinos was widely considered the power behind the presidency and was ...

Fujimori spent half the night and all morning ... The powerful spy master, Vladimiro Montesinos, was nowhere to be seen. "I am not going to take the easy way out at a moment of crisis because ...

Former Peruvian Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos under President Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for the kidnapping of journalist Gustavo Gorriti in April 1992 ...

By 1992, Fujimori had become frustrated with the Peruvian legislature, which was dominated by opposing parties. In response, with the backing of the military and Validimiro Montesinos, his advisor ...

Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants ... to run - videos emerged of his top adviser and spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos doling out cash to bribe politicians. Fujimori fled to exile in Japan.

Fujimori’s decade-long presidency began ... in disgrace in 2000 when leaked videotapes showed his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing lawmakers. The president went to Japan, the land ...