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After Fujimori won the presidential election on 28 July 1990, Montesinos became his chief advisor and the de facto head of the SIN.
This sentence mixes up the election date with the inauguration date. Fujimori won the 1990 presidential runoff on June 10, 1990; July 28, 1990 was the date he took office.
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The claim says Fujimori won the presidential election on 28 July 1990. That date is incorrect.
Reliable historical sources separate the two events:
- The second round of Peru's 1990 presidential election was held on June 10, 1990, and that is when Fujimori won.
- July 28, 1990 was the date Fujimori took office as president.
So the sentence conflates Fujimori's election victory with his swearing-in/inauguration. A correct version would say he won the election in June 1990 and took office on July 28, 1990.
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- Presidential Elections - Second Round | Archives
June 10, 1990 ... Second round of the 1990 presidential elections in Peru, where Alberto Fujimori Fujimori (Cambio 90) won a resounding victory with 62% of the votes against 38% for Mario Vargas Llosa (FREDEMO).
- PERU'S LEADER VOWS WAR ON CORRUPTION - The Washington Post
July 28, 1990 ... Alberto Fujimori took office as Peru's new president today.
On 29 January 2024, Montesinos pleaded guilty to charges of homicide, murder and forced disappearance in the 1992 killings of six farmers accused of being rebels in Pativilca, Lima Region, and was sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment.
This sentence compresses two separate events and gives the wrong sentence length. Montesinos pleaded guilty on January 29, 2024, but he was sentenced on January 31, 2024 to 19 years and 8 months, not 19 years.
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This sentence contains two factual errors.
- The sentencing did not occur on January 29, 2024. AP reported on January 29, 2024 that Montesinos pleaded guilty and that prosecutors were seeking a 25-year sentence.
- The sentence was not 19 years exactly. AP reported on January 31, 2024 that Montesinos was sentenced to 19 years and 8 months in prison.
So the page incorrectly merges the plea and sentencing into a single January 29 event, and it understates the punishment by eight months.
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- Ex-Peruvian intelligence chief pleads guilty to charges in 1992 massacre of six farmers | AP News
Mon Jan 29 2024 ... Vladimiro Montesinos ... pleaded guilty to charges of homicide, murder and forced disappearance, for which prosecutors are seeking a 25-year-sentence.
- Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers | AP News
Wed Jan 31 2024 ... Montesinos ... was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years and eight months in prison in connection with the 1992 massacre of six suspected rebels in central Peru.
is serving 15 years in prison
This is outdated and now false. Peru's Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that Montesinos remains imprisoned until September 30, 2037.
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The statement that Montesinos "is serving 15 years in prison" is no longer accurate.
In February 2026, Peruvian outlet RPP, reporting on a recent Supreme Court ruling, said the court established that Montesinos will remain in prison until September 30, 2037 for the Pativilca and La Cantuta cases. The report explains that the court rejected the earlier computation that had treated his 19-year-8-month sentence as already served and recalculated the term to run from January 31, 2024 to September 30, 2037.
That means the page's 15-year figure is outdated and incorrect as a description of his current imprisonment status.
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- Corte Suprema establece que condena a Vladimiro Montesinos será hasta 2037 por casos Pativilca y La Cantuta
Vladimiro Montesinos ... permanecerá en prisión hasta 2037 ... la corte indicó que ... la pena fijada ... del 31 de enero de 2024 (19 años y 8 meses) ... vencerá el 30 de septiembre de 2037.