25
Years of Prison for Peruvian Fujimori
Confirmed
LIMA - The Supreme Court of Peru ratified
Sunday unanimously the sentence of 25 years
of prison pronounced against ex President
Alberto Fujimori, as the mastermind of
qualified homicide and other crimes.
The ruling, which is unappealable, confirmed
the sentence of last April 7 by the Supreme
Court that tried the ex governor during 16
months.
According to this ruling, Fujimori, 71, must
be in prison until February 10, 2032,
because the 25 years are counted since his
detention in Chile in late 2007.
He cannot be pardoned because a law bans the
pardon for those condemned for kidnapping,
although it allows to opt to a minimal
reduction of the sentence to serve 18 years
in prison.
La Republica daily considered the ruling as
a triumph of justice.
The sentence refers to two killings, with a
total of 25 unarmed civilians murdered in
1991 and 1992 by the Colina Group, a secret
death squad organized by the Intelligence
Service of the Army.
The court led by Judge Duberlí Rodríguez
also ratified the sentence ruled for the
kidnappings of journalist Gustavo Gorriti
and businessman Samuel Dyer.
The ratified sentence cited the fact that
Fujimori led an organization that carried
out a dirty war against insurgents with a
balance of at least 50 people killed in 1991
and 1992. |
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