Former Peru president who was convicted for human rights abuses dies aged 86

Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori in 2016 (AP)

Former Peru president Alberto Fujimori has died in the capital Lima aged 86, his daughter has confirmed.

Mr Fujimori’s decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to prison.