Peruvian Supreme Court
Rules 6 Years Prison for
Fujimori
The Peruvian Supreme
Court Tuesday made its
final ruling on
ex-Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori's role
in instigating the
illegal raid on the
house of Trinidad
Becerra, the wife of a
former presidential
aide.
The court upheld the
December ruling in which
Fujimori was given a
six-year jail sentence.
The former president was
convicted of organizing
and leading the illegal
raid on the house of
Becerra, the wife of
Vladimiro Montesinos, a
presidential aide, in
2000. It was allegedly
an attempt to capture
Montesinos, who had
become a fugitive
following the release of
a video of him bribing
an opposition lawmaker.
The former president not
only ordered the raid,
but also led an
operation to erase
evidence, according to
the prosecutor.
In the trial, evidence
was presented showing
Fujimori ordering a
military officer to pose
as a prosecutor to gain
access to the house in
November 2000.
Fujimori, 69, fled to
Japan in 2000 after his
government collapsed
amid corruption
scandals. The son of
Japanese parents, he
claimed Japanese
citizenship on reaching
the country and the
Japanese government has
since ignored repeated
extradition requests
from Peru.
The former president
arrived unexpectedly in
Chile in November 2005
by a private flight from
Japan. He was extradited
to Peru from Chile in
September 2007 and is
now being held in a
temporary jail on the
outskirts of the
Peruvian capital.
He faces up to 30 years
in prison if convicted
of the 10 charges of
corruption and two of
human rights abuses.
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