Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 06:00 UTC
He asked Fujimori, who he noted had received a message from him when her father died, to speed up his pardon request because he does not want to die in prison
Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, 81, has asked President Keiko Fujimori to expedite the presidential pardon he requested on humanitarian grounds, in an interview given on Sunday from Barbadillo prison to the program Sin Rodeos on Panamericana Televisión.
He asked Fujimori, who he noted had received a message from him when her father died, to speed up his pardon request because he does not want to die in prison. He said he has cancer, a serious heart condition and episodes of bleeding, and that if granted authorization he would be admitted to a clinic immediately. These are the former president's own statements: there is no official medical report or independent confirmation of his condition.
Fujimori responded on Monday from Piura that the request will be assessed through technical and medical analysis and with a humanitarian perspective, and that it falls to the Commission on Pardons and Presidential Graces once its members are appointed. She specified that the decision will not respond to political criteria.
