former mexican president alberto fujimori has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces . at the end of a 15 - weeks trial , judges found him guilty of both dead - squad killers of 25 prisoners during the confrontation with police in the 1990s . after being sentenced , mr fujimori said he would appeal against the verdict . human rights group rotary international stated the judgment as " a step in the fighting for justice " .
Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to life in prison.