Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori wins Peru’s presidential election in a runoff

Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s presidential runoff election with 50.135% of the vote, defeating Roberto Sánchez. The election focused on rising crime concerns, and Fujimori, who will be Peru’s ninth president in 10 years, pledged to address organized crime. Her father, Alberto Fujimori, was a former president who fought the Shining Path rebel group but faced convictions for human rights abuses and corruption.