Wanted ex-prime minister turns himself in after 10 years in hiding

Juan Carlos Hurtado, Peru’s former prime minister and minister of economy at the start of  jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s administration, has turned himself in to authorities after spending the last decade in hiding. Hurtado went into hiding in 2000 over corruption allegations. He was accused of receiving money from Fujimori’s imprisoned former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, [...]

Executive sends to Congress bill to repeal decree 1097 following Vargas Llosa resignation from Memory Museum

In a letter sent to President Alan Garcia, Vargas Llosa said the decree “in all forms, constitutes an amnesty barely disguised to benefit a good number of people connected to the dictatorship and convicted or prosecuted for human rights crimes – murders, tortures, disappearances – among them the ex-dictator [Alberto Fujimori] and his right-hand man [Vladimiro Montesinos].”

Peru.21: Fujimori’s former defense attorney may represent van der Sloot

The defense attorney for jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, Cesar Nakasaki, may represent Joran van der Sloot, the 22-year-old Dutch citizen accused of killing a university student in his Lima hotel room on May 30, daily Peru.21 reported. The possibility that Nakasaki may represent van der Sloot comes as the Dutch citizen’s recently appointed defense lawyer [...]

Peru government to review medical records cited in pardon of ex-TV mogul

Justice Minister Aurelio Pastor said Wednesday a full review will be made of the medical reports used to justify the pardon granted last December to former TV owner José Enrique Crousillat, who took millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for favorable coverage of the Fujimori regime in the 1990s. “We are going to ask [...]

Peru D.A. to open investigation into prison pardon granted to ex-TV owner

The district attorney in charge of corruption crimes is to open a preliminary investigation into the pardon granted earlier this month by President Garcia to former TV mogul José Enrique Crousillat. The investigation is being made into possible irregularities in the request for the pardon. The former majority shareholder of America Television was sentenced last [...]

Peru Court Studies Appeal of Fujimori Verdicts

Peru’s Supreme Court began today to evaluate ex-president Alberto Fujimori’s appeal to annul the verdicts handed down to him earlier this year, for the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta murders, and in the corruption and kidnapping trial. Fujimori’s attorney, César Nakasaki, is requesting to annul the 25 year sentence given to Fujimori in April this [...]

Peru’s Fujimori accepts charges, effectively avoids retelling of crimes

At the opening of his fourth trial on Monday, Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori accepted the charges of telephone espionage, bribery of congress members, and illegal “buying” of news media carried out during his 1990-2000 administration. By accepting the charges, Fujimori has guaranteed that the trial will be brief –a verdict is to be handed [...]

Alberto Fujimori’s party to run “solo” in Peru’s upcoming 2011 presidential election

Keiko Fujimori – the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori – has announced that her father’s political party – now known as “Fuerza 2011” – does not plan to make any alliances for the upcoming 2011 presidential elections. “For the time being, we’ve decided to run this race solo,” said Keiko Fujimori in comments [...]

Peru’s Fujimori sentenced to 7½ years in prison for corruption and bribery

Former President Alberto Fujimori – already serving a 25-year sentence meted out last April for sanctioning a paramilitary death squad – was found guilty Monday of corruption and bribery. The court sentenced Fujimori to 7½ years, to run concurrently with the longer prison term. “This was not a political sentence,” said Chief Judge César San [...]

Fujimori’s corruption trial opens in Lima

Former President Alberto Fujimori – sentenced to 25 years of prison last April for sanctioning a paramilitary death squad – is back in court, now facing corruption charges. Fujimori, 70, is accused of illegally channeling nearly $15 million in government funds as a bonus to his spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos. The money was transferred just [...]

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