[progchat_action] Fujimori to face the music
 
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:47:20 -0500 (CDT)

Chile to extradite Alberto Fujimori to Peru to face charges

By Ben Martin
www.telegraph.co.uk
 September 22, 2007

Alberto Fujimori, the former Peruvian president, will be extradited to Peru
after the supreme court in Chile ruled that there was enough evidence to try
him on corruption and human rights charges.

Mr Fujimori is accused of ordering death squads to kill at least 25 people.
He is also accused of phone tapping, involvement in payoffs to lawmakers and
misusing #7.5 million in government funds.

Prosecutors in Lima said they would request a sentence of up to 30 years if
he were convicted.

Gabriel Zaliasnik, Mr Fujimori's Chilean lawyer, said yesterday that Mr
Fujimori accepted the court's decision. "We are not planning to seek any
delays or attempt any kind of manoeuvres," he said.

In 2000, Mr Fujimori resigned the presidency by fax, beginning five years in
self-imposed exile.

In Nov 2005 he planned to mount a bid from Chile to resume power in Peru.
Chilean authorities immediately arrested him and the long extradition
procedure began.

Mr Fujimori still enjoys the support of some Peruvians who remember him for
defeating guerrilla groups.

The US-based Human Rights Watch said it was the first time a court anywhere
in the world had ordered the extradition of a former leader to be tried in
his home country for human rights violations.

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