[Our Man in Lima] Recent Peruvian History: An Update
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Erik
Nov 27, 2007, 12:16:00 PM11/27/07
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Hot off the press this morning, the Minister of the Interior in Fujimori's cabinet at the time of the dissolution of Congress and the Judiciary in April 1992 has been sentenced to ten years in prison for having participated in and backed what is referred to in Peru as the "autogolpe" (self-coup). Nine other members of the cabinet from that time have been given four year suspended sentences for having been secondary accomplices.
Fujimori himself cannot be tried for this crime as the terms of his extradition from Chile only allow him to be charged for specific offenses, two related to alleged human rights violations and five related to alleged corruption. Fujimori's trial on these charges is to start on 10th December.
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Posted By Erik to Our Man in Lima on 11/27/2007 04:58:00 PM
Fujimori himself cannot be tried for this crime as the terms of his extradition from Chile only allow him to be charged for specific offenses, two related to alleged human rights violations and five related to alleged corruption. Fujimori's trial on these charges is to start on 10th December.
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Posted By Erik to Our Man in Lima on 11/27/2007 04:58:00 PM
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