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Ex-Peru leader Fujimori has benign pancreas cyst

AP — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:38:26 +0000

The daughter of Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori says doctors have found a benign cyst in the jailed president’s pancreas.

Ex-Peru spymaster: Fujimori innocent in spy case

AP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:19:44 +0000

A former Peruvian spymaster whose misdeeds contributed to the collapse of Alberto Fujimori’s government eight years ago told a top court Monday that the ex-president had nothing to do with two death-squad massacres that he is accused of...

Fujimori's cancerous lesion removed

AP — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:25:34 +0000

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is recovering satisfactorily after having a cancerous lesion removed from his tongue, his doctor said Saturday.Dr. Alejandro Aguinaga said a study conducted on the removed lesion showed it was cancerous,...

Gen. admits no proof Fujimori was behind massacres

AP — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:40:13 +0000

The former general who revealed the existence of a Peruvian military death squad testified Monday that he is convinced ex-President Alberto Fujimori was behind two massacres, but acknowledged he has no direct evidence.Gen. Rodolfo Robles is a key...

Peru court upholds Fujimori sentence

AP — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:06:30 +0000

Peru’s Supreme Court has upheld a six-year prison sentence against former President Alberto Fujimori.Fujimori was appealing a conviction for exceeding his powers by ordering the illegal search of an apartment _ one owned by his spy...

Fujimori: Rejected Word of Death Squad

AP — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:16:53 +0000

Former President Alberto Fujimori testified Monday that he did not believe a dissident army general in 1993 when he revealed the existence of a military death squad, saying his top advisers told him the report was false.Fujimori is on trial for...

Fujimori: Death Squad Report Was False

AP — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:43:29 +0000

Former president Alberto Fujimori testified Monday that advisers told him a 1993 report on a military death squad from a dissident army general was false, backing claims he had no knowledge of its bloody operations.Fujimori is on trial for murder...

Peru's Fujimori Goes on Trial

AP — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:36:53 +0000

Waving his arms in outrage and shouting that he is innocent, Alberto Fujimori went on trial Monday on charges of using a death squad to kill leftist guerrillas and collaborators.It is the first time in Peru’s history that a former president...

Fujimori Returns to Peru to Face Trial

AP — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:13:24 +0000

Former President Alberto Fujimori returned to Peru on Saturday to face charges of corruption and sanctioning death-squad killings, a grim homecoming for the strongman who fled the country seven years ago as his government collapsed in scandal.The...

Fujimori Extradited to Peru

AP — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:06:03 +0000

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was flown to his home country in police custody Saturday, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court authorized his extradition on human rights and corruption charges.A Peruvian police aircraft carrying...