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Summary:Soldiers were patrolling the streets of Lima on April 6 after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved Peru's Congress and suspended the constitution, accusing the judiciary of blocking his free market reforms and weakening the war on leftist rebels. The next congressional elections are scheduled for 1995. Radio reports said former president Alan Garcia, the main opposition leader, and several leading legislators were placed under house arrest.
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