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Ex-Peruvian president gets
family visit in Chilean jail
Former Peruvian President
AlbertoFujimori had received a
visit from three of his four
children in the Military Police
School in Santiago, where he is
being detained,the Chilean press
reported Saturday.
Keiko, Hiro and Kenji Fujimori
came to the jail and visited
their father, along with Andres
Reggiard, leader of the Change
90 coalition, which brought
Fujimori to power in 1990,
according to the reports.
Fujimori, who is awaiting court
proceedings for extradition to
Peru, will spend Christmas in
jail, accompanied only by the
prison staff, and all presents
he receives will be thoroughly
checked, prison officials told
the press.
Fujimori, who fled Peru after
his decade-long government
collapsed five years ago,
arrived here after years in
exile in Japan to prepare for
the 2006 presidential election
scheduled for April in Peru. He
was arrested by the Chilean
police on Nov. 7.
Peruvian President Alejandro
Toledo's cabinet approved on
Friday 12 charges against
Fujimori, a key step toward
formally requesting the former
president's extradition from
Chile to stand trial.
The charges include the killing
of 25 people in two death squad
massacres, illegal phone
tapping, diversion of state
funds to the intelligence
service and bribing of
politicians.
Fujimori has denied all the
accusations, saying they are
part of efforts to sabotage his
plans to again run for
president.
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