Peru dictator’s spymaster reappears to push Fujimori’s baseless fraud claims

Vladimiro Montesinos, known as Peru's Rasputin', demands votes be recounted in bid to prevent Pedro Castillo winning election

He was known as the Peruvian Rasputin, the spymaster of one of the country's most corrupt and brutal regimes.

Vladimiro Montesinos masterminded a network of political espionage, mining state coffers to control the military top brass, the courts, and the media - until he was brought down by one of his own videotapes which showed him bribing politicians.