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Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

Just three months after Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was treated for a precancerous lesion on his tongue, it was announced he had a cystic tumor in his pancreas.

The announcement was made by Fujimori's daughter, Keiko, who asked that people take the news of her father's delicate health both seriously and professionally.

"We are worried about the appearance of a cystic tumor in my father's pancreas," said Keiko, explaining Alberto Fujimori had undergone a series of tests less than a year ago and no problem had been detected.

Keiko requested that her father have all the necessary analyses done to determine the nature of the cyst so that the appropriate treatment could be provided and the former president's health could be restored.

According to a report released by the Neoplastic Institute, Alberto Fujimori has a "1.5 cm cystic formation in his pancreas".

The prison conditions in which Fujimori must live coupled with the tension of having to attend a great deal of hearings have contributed to the former president's bad health, said Fujimori's general practitioner, Alejandro Aguinaga (pictured above).

Aguinaga affirmed that prison life was "breaking the former president down", explaining that the trial was being made longer than necessary.

"The hearings of a 70-year-old man are being unnecessarily extended, not even during the Nuremberg Trials was a person submitted to three hearings per week."