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Fri21Sep2007

Time's Up for Fujimori

09:20 H | Topics: Chile - Justice - Peru - Politics

_44076948_fujimori_ap_203b.jpgFormer Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is no longer safe in Chile. The supreme court of that Southern Cone nation has approved his extradition to Peru where he will face human rights abuse and corruption charges. 69 year old Fujimori has been under house arrest in Chile since 2005.

"We have awarded the extradition," Supreme Court judge Alberto Chaigneau told reporters on Friday. He added that the court's decision had been based on two charges of human rights violations and five of corruption.

No date has been set for Fujimori's deportation but the decision is a final one, incapable of being appealed. The charges against Fujimori date back to over a decade ago and are related to civilian deaths in the name of fighting Shining Path Maoist members.

I guess Chile is trying to make up for the impunity that it's own dictator in residence, Pinochet, died with.

Story and Image Via / BBC

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