Keiko Fujimori against her. On 10 October 2018, Fujimori was detained by police as part of an investigation surrounding the Odebrecht scandal and money laundering allegations that involved her 2011 presidential campaign. She was later released from detention on 17 October 2018 following an appeal. However, a new request for detention by the prosecutor was enforced and on 31 October 2018, Fujimori was sentenced to 36 months in pretrial detention. Keiko Fujimori Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (; born 25 May 1975) is a Peruvian politician. She is the daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi and served as First
Alberto Fujimori first term in office, APRA and Vargas Llosa's party, the FREDEMO, remained in control of both chambers of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, hampering the enactment of economic reform. Fujimori also had difficulty combatting the Maoist Shining Path () guerrilla organization due largely to what he perceived as intransigence and obstructionism in Congress. By March 1992, Congress met with the approval of only 17% of the electorate, according to one poll; the president's approval rate stood at 42%, in the same poll. In response to the political deadlock, Fujimori, with the support of the military, on 5