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Chilean judge rejects Peru's request for former President Fujimori's extradition
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 11 - 07 - 2007

A Chilean Supreme Court judge
rejected the extradition of Alberto Fujimori Wednesday,
saying Peru failed to prove its former president was
involved in death squads and corruption, according to The Associated Press.
Fujimori remains under house arrest pending a final ruling
in several months by a larger court panel, and analysts say
the last word could go either way.
Peru provided Chile with evidence that Fujimori committed
bribery, misused government funds and sanctioned 25 death
squad killings during his decade-long rule that ended in
2000.
But Judge Orlando Alvarez said the evidence fell short and
that some charges, particularly that of «illegal
association,» have no Chilean equivalent and therefore
can't be used for extradition. As for the most serious
charges, he said «it was not proved that Mr. Fujimori
ordered or had even the least knowledge beforehand of the
killings.»
Fujimori said the ruling «expresses, as I have always
proclaimed, my complete innocence.»
His brief statement said the charges were fabricated by
his political adversaries.
«I take this ruling with joy but at the same time with
prudence,» he said.
Peru's Chilean lawyer, Alfredo Etcheverry, said he would
find the ruling's «weak points» and file an appeal within
days.
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet said «there is no
reason whatosever for a judicial ruling to affect
relations» between Chile and Peru.
Fujimori, 68, remains under house arrest in a luxury
condominium near Chile's capital. He has long sought to
return to the presidency in Peru, but said he'll first run
for parliament in Japan, where he fled as his government
collapsed under a flurry of scandals.
«I still have my followers in Peru, and many of them are
happy because a political party in such an important
country as Japan has called on me to run. This is something
very important for them,» Fujimori, who holds both
Peruvian and Japanese citizenship, told The Associated
Press last month.


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