Peru's Fujimori
Sentenced 6 Years
Imprisonment
Lima -The Peruvian
Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) sentenced on
Wednesday former president Alberto Fujimori
(1990-2000) to six years in prison for the
crimes of phone interception, corruption,
and illegal purchase of a TV channel and the
editorial page of a national daily.
The sentence also orders him a payment of 24
million nuevos soles (eight million U.S.
dollars) to the State and three million
nuevos soles (one million dollars) to each
one of the affected people, including
politicians, journalists and former
legislators.
This was the fourth trial Fujimori has faced
since he was repatriated from Chile in
September 2005.
His fourth trial began on Sept. 28, and
Fujimori decided to use the judicial figure
of "anticipate sentence."
After the sentence, Fujimori said he will
seek its nullity, for which he has 10 days
to present the request.
The first trial against Fujimori was for the
illegal raid in the house of Trinidad
Becerra, wife of his former advisor and
virtual chief of that National Intelligence
Service, Valdimiro Montesions. He was
sentenced to six years in prison.
During the second trial, Fujimori got a
sentence of 25 years for the authorship of
crimes against humanity carried by a
paramilitary group in 1991 and 1992.
His third trial was for using public money
to pay 15 million dollars to Montesinos,
allegedly for a compensation of his
services.
In Peru the sentences are not accumulated
and it prevails the one with the maximum
penalty.
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