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September 22, 2007

Fujimori Extradited to Peru to Face Human Rights, Corruption Charges
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=199810E:A6F02AD83191E16061E6C0424E765D849574F7DCC14957C0 Former Peruvian
president flown out of Chile to Peru Saturday morning





Chilean police officers surround Peru's former President Alberto
Fujimori, as he leaves his house in Santiago to be extradited to Peru,
22 Sep 2007

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is now being extradited
from Chile to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights
abuse.

The 69-year-old former president was flown out of Chile to Peru
Saturday morning.

Chile's Supreme Court ruled Friday that he must be sent back to Peru,
saying it had agreed to seven of the 13 charges filed by Peruvian
prosecutors against him.

Prosecutors in Peru accuse Mr. Fujimori of corruption and sanctioning
the killing of 25 people by paramilitary squads during his decade-long
presidency, which ended in 2000. He has denied the charges.

The former president has not been back to Peru since the collapse of
his government. He spent five years in exile in his ancestral homeland
of Japan, then moved in 2005 to Chile, where he was arrested.

He has spent the last two years fighting extradition.

Human rights groups have hailed the decision to extradite Mr. Fujimori
so he can face the charges against him.Some information for this
report was provided by AFP and AP.


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