Original sentence: However, he is credited by many Peruvians for bringing stability to the country after the violence and hyperinflation of the tumultuous García years, and he still enjoys a measure of support; a poll conducted in Lima in February 2005 gave him a 17% popularity rating.Many Peruvians believe his government became a dictatorship after the "auto-coup" and was permeated by a vast network of corruption organized by his associate Montesinos, who now faces dozens of charges that range from embezzlement to drug trafficking to murder (Montesinos is currently on trial in Lima)
Edited sentence: He is credited by many Peruvians for bringing stability to the country after the violence and hyperinflation of the tumultuous García years, and he still enjoys a measure of support; a poll conducted in Lima in February 2005 gave him a 17% popularity rating.Other Peruvians, however, believe his government became a dictatorship after the "auto-coup" and was permeated by a vast, "mafia-like" network of corruption organized by his associate Montesinos, who now faces dozens of charges that range from embezzlement to drug trafficking to murder (Montesinos is currently on trial in Lima)