2:07 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Justice| Peru| Politics · Comments Off
12 Dec 2007Acting 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.
Not surprisingly, Fujimori will appeal the sentence.
Via / BBC
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
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