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Acting Crazy Couldn't Help Fujimori Avoid Jail Time

14:07 H | Topics: Justice - Peru - Politics

Acting the fool didn't help former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $92,000. The sentence actually has nothing to do with the human rights violations he so vehemently denied yesterday. The sentence is linked to him ordering the removal of sensitive video and audio tapes from an apartment belonging to the wife of his former intelligence chief.

Supreme Court Judge Pedro Guillermo Urbina found Mr Fujimori guilty of having a military aide pose as a prosecutor and search without a warrant the apartment of the wife of spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos in November 2000.
During the illegal raid, police removed dozens of boxes of videos suspected to contain incriminating evidence of corrupt practices.
The tapes, which the Peruvian media have termed "Vladi Videos", had been secretly made by Mr Montesinos showing himself bribing broadcasters and opposition politicians.

Via / BBC

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