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Former Peruvian Minister Augusto Miller Dies in Prison

2/3/2026

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Augusto Blacker Miller, the former Peruvian Foreign Minister, died in a Rio de Janeiro prison hospital on January 23 at age 80 after a cardiorespiratory arrest.
Miller was arrested in Brazil in December while Interpol sought him for a fraud case connected to a conviction in Albania.
He served under President Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s.
The state penitentiary authority confirmed his death on February 2.

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Augusto Blacker Miller, the former Peruvian Foreign Minister, died in a Rio de Janeiro prison hospital on January 23 at age 80 after a cardiorespiratory arrest.
Miller was arrested in Brazil in December while Interpol sought him for a fraud case connected to a conviction in Albania.
He served under President Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s.
The state penitentiary authority confirmed his death on February 2.