Peruvian Prosecutors
Working Without Pause on
Fujimori Case
Peruvian prosecutors are
working without pause to
prepare for a trial
against former President
Alberto Fujimori on
charges of human rights
violation and
corruption, a prosecutor
in charge of the case
said Wednesday.
"We have to show solid
proof on all the
indictments," Carlos
Briceno, special
prosecutor appointed to
charge Fujimori, told
reporters.
His goal was "to achieve
legal certainty and a
guilty verdict" of the
case, he said, adding
that he will probably
try most charges in one
go.
The 69-year-old Fujimori,
who served as Peru's
president from 1990 to
2000, was extradited to
Lima from the Chilean
capital Santiago
Saturday upon the
request of Peru.
The human rights charges
include the murder of
opposition supporters: a
1991 massacre in which
the special forces
killed 15 people
including an
eight-year-old child in
a Lima suburb; and a
1992 massacre leading to
the disappearance of
nine students and a
professor of a
university after being
kidnapped.
The nation's National
Penitentiary Body
announced Wednesday that
Fujimori would be held
under the so-called
Type-B Special Regime,
which means 20 hours a
day in his cell; two
weekly visits from a
close relative for a
maximum of four hours; a
conjugal visit every 15
days; visits from minors
to once every 15 days or
less.
Under the same
provision, Fujimori will
have to work or study
for at least four hours
a day, and is entitled
to special one-hour
visits on his birthday,
father's day or mother's
day, from a maximum of
three people.
Fujimori fled Peru in
2000 amid a corruption
scandal. He arrived in
Chile in November 2005,
ending a five-year exile
in Japan, where he was
protected because of his
double nationality.
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