On 7 April 2009 , a three-judge panel of Peru 's Supreme Court convicted Fujimori on charges of human rights abuses , declaring that the " charges against him have been proven beyond all reasonable doubt " . The panel found him guilty of ordering the Grupo Colina death squad to execute the November 1991 Barrios Altos massacre and the July 1992 La Cantuta massacre , which resulted in the deaths of 25 people , and for taking part in the kidnappings of Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti and businessman Samuel Dyer . Fujimori 's conviction marked the first time in history that a democratically elected president had been tried and found guilty of human rights abuses in his own country . Fujimori was already serving a six-year prison sentence for his December 2007 conviction on abuse of power charges . The trial for Fujimori 's human rights abuses lasted 15 months , and was postponed on multiple occasions due to his ill health . Later on 7 April , the court sentenced Fujimori to 25 years in prison
Barrios Altos massacre
Barrios Altos massacre
Alberto Fujimori's arrest and trial