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 the 2006 presidential elections, but in February 2004, the Constitutional Court dismissed this possibility, because the ex-president was specifically barred by Congress from holding any office for ten years. Fujimori saw the decision as unconstitutional, as did his supporters such as ex-congressmembers Luz Salgado, Marta Chávez and Fernán Altuve, who argued it was a "political" maneuver and that the only body with the authority to determine the matter was the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE). Valentín Paniagua disagreed, suggesting that the Constitutional Court finding was binding and that "no further debate is possible". Fujimori's "Sí Cumple" (roughly translated, "He Keeps