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Peruvian Court Declares Fujimori Guilty of Human Rights Violations

7 Apr 2009

Breaking news: justice has once again caught up with ex-president of Perú Alberto Fujimori. And this time he’s paying the price for his infamous human rights violations. The video above is of the judge declaring Fujimori “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” of charges related to the deaths of 25 people during his administration.

According to the prosecutor, Fujimori backed the massacre of nine students and a professor from the state university La Cantuta in 1992 and the death of 15 people, among them a child, during a party in the Barrios Altos area in 1991.

In addition he is accused of the kidnapping of a businessman and an opposition journalist, the latter one day after Fujimori closed the Congress and the judicial branch after a self-coup with the help of the army in 1992.

Fujimori has a meltdown

12:26 pm By Maegan La Mala · Justice| Latin America| Peru| Politics · 2 Comments

11 Dec 2007

Embattled ex-President of Peru Alberto Fujimori is back in his country after being extradited from Chile to face charges of human rights violations, among others. On the stand yesterday, Fujimori gave quite a performance, screaming “I’m innocent!” and defying the tribunal’s requests for him to stop talking.

Though the judges request that he shut up, he continues on. At the end of the video, it looks almost as if he’s gloating from the fact that they were the ones who shut up and let him speak.

Via / YouTube

Fujimori will run for Japanese senate

8:14 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Peru| Politics| World · Comments Off

27 Jun 2007

Last week we told you that ex-President of Peru Alberto Fujimori was mulling over the idea of running for a Senate seat in Japan. Today it was announced that the embattled ex-leader will indeed run in that country, and many in Peru are unhappy, saying that this is just an attempt to avoid extradition from his current country of residence, Chile.

Upon hearing about the announcement, ex-minister of Peru Carlos Ferrero said:

“This reveals that Fujimori wants to avoid extradition. He probably thinks that this process will be favorable for Peru. But it also means that he is speeding the end of his political career in Peru, and that of his followers. What Peruvian Fujimori movement can exist if its principal leader is a Senator in Japan?”

Good point. Without a Fujimori, can there really be Fujimoristas? But his becoming a Senator in Japan doesn’t mean he won’t ever return. This is getting very interesting.

Via / El Comercio

Fujimori wants to be Senator in Japan

5:48 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Peru| Politics| World · Comments Off

20 Jun 2007

SGE.LBA23.070607183253.photo00.quicklook.default-245x213.jpg While ex-President of Peru Alberto Fujimori might be at risk of being extradited from him current home in Chile to the country he left in a flurry of controversy, he doesn’t seem too worried. He’s got his sights set on a political future in another country: Japan, where a political party has asked him to run for Senator.

“In light of this proposal, Alberto Fujimori has left his definite response pending, as he analyzes the benefits of his possible election as Senator in Japan could have for the Preuvian people,” said the ex-president’s press office in a statement.

Peru: Fujimori will get a fair trial

3:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Justice| Peru · Comments Off

13 Jun 2007

Last week we told you that Alberto Fujimori, the controversial ex-president of Peru, might be extradited from Chile back to his country. Much is being said about how fair a trial Fujimori could get in a country where he is hated by so many, but the Peruvian government is attempting to put those fears to rest.

Peru’s prime minister, Jorge del Castillo, reiterated today that ex-president Alberto Fujimori will have a “fair” trial “without interferences” from the governement if he is extradited to the country and reminded [reporters] that “the ball is in the Chilean justice system’s court right now.”

Del Castillo is referring to the fact that Chile has still not decided whether they will send Fujimori back to his home country. The extradition was first requested by Peru in January of 2006, and current President Alan Garcia’s administration has been accused of not doing enough to get Fujimori processed.

Via / El Universal (Venezuela)

Fujimori to be placed under house arrest

2:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Justice| Peru| Politics · Comments Off

8 Jun 2007

Ex-president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, will be placed under house arrest in Chile, at the order of a Chilean judge. The Peruvian government had expressed fears that the ex-leader might flee the country:

Those fears were fueled on Thursday when a Chilean state prosecutor submitted a report to the Supreme Court recommending his extradition.

The report will be passed to Judge Orlando Alvarez, who must decide whether Fujimori should be sent to Peru, which accuses him of embezzling $15 million and using excessive anti-terrorism measures during his 1990-2000 presidency.

According to Reuters, Fujimori says he has no intention of fleeing the country, and is “calmly” waiting the decision on his fate. Expect major uproar if he does get sent back to Peru.

Via / Alertnet

Laura de America spills the beans in Spain

11:28 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes| Peru| Spain| TV · 2 Comments

19 Oct 2006

Latin America’s favorite trash TV host, Laura Bozzo, is ready to tell all about her controversial relationship with Fujimori crony Vladimiro Montesinos, but she won’t do it on this side of the world. Fearing further punishment (one must suppose), Laurita has chosen to speak the truth to a Spanish television network, and is in Madrid today (that’s her arriving in the photo) to do just that:

Bozzo told EFE that she will tell “unrevealed details” about her private life and “about the most difficult moments” that she went through after being linked to the corruption network of ex presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, on the TV show “Dónde estás corazón?” on Antena 3.

I just hope she doesn’t reveal any sexual “details” as that mental picture might be too much for us to all handle. The show airs on Friday.

Even though Laura is still under house arrest, for some reason she can travel through Peru without a problem, and enter Europe on her Italian passport. This is a contrast to what happened when she tried to come to the U.S.

Apparently, Laurita is doing really well professionally in spite of everything that’s happened. According to El Periódico de Puerto Rico, she has a book deal (an autobiography called “Resistiré” — “I Will Survive”) and radio and TV deals in Mexico. And, according to this article, she wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to work in Spain.

Spain has so much trash on TV that I really don’t think there is room for Laura, but who knows.

For all of you who are on pins and needles with respect to what Laurita will reveal, I’ll be back with details as they become available.

Via / El Periódico de Puerto Rico

Photo via El Mundo

Montesinos sentenced to 20 years

12:36 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Peru| Politics · Comments Off

22 Sep 2006

Ex Fujimori aide and Laura Bozzo’s ex-boyfriend, Vladimiro Montesinos, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for allegedly selling arms to Colombia’s FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), according to Spain’s 20 Minutos:

This sentence, which follows 12 other sentences since Montesinos was detained in Venezuela in June of 2001, is the longest and is the one that he must serve out, since in Peru sentences are not culmulative.

Apparently, Montesinos procured the arms from Jordan, and sold them to the FARC, “committing crimes of violation of a foreign state’s sovereignty, political conspiracy, and illegal supplying of arms to subversive groups.”

Meanwhile, Montesinos’s ex main squeeze will gets 4 years of her own on a variety of charges.

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