Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, 85, is in intensive care after breaking his hip in a fall at home, his daughter Keiko said Wednesday.
He is due to undergo surgery in the next few days, she wrote on X.
Fujimori was released from prison in December after serving 16 years for crimes against humanity.His daughter said he is weak from treatment for that cancer and other illnesses.
President from 1990 to 2000, Fujimori has been in poor health and was freed for humanitarian reasons after serving only part of his 25-year sentence.Fujimori, who is of Japanese heritage, divided Peruvians like few other leaders of the Andean country of 32 million people.
To some, he is remembered for bolstering economic growth through his neo-liberal economic policies, while crushing left-wing insurgencies, including the Shining Path rebels.