Conglomerates that sprawl across the society trace their roots to the nation’s rise into a world power and have been tightly controlled for generations.
Kathleen Folbigg had been previously pardoned earlier this year, but the ruling on Thursday quashed her conviction after an inquiry found her children had most likely died of natural causes.
The ruling, which affirms a decision to reinstate a pardon, defies an order by an international court that former President Alberto Fujimori continue to serve his sentence for human rights violations.