Fujimori extradition ruling this week: judge
Afp, Santiago
A Chilean judge will rule this week on whether former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori should be extradited to Peru on corruption, criminal and human rights charges, the magistrate said yesterday. Judge Orlando Alvarez said Tuesday he expected to rule by Saturday at the latest. Court sources said privately they expected the ruling Thursday. Chile's Supreme Court is deciding whether to extradite Fujimori to Peru to face trial. Fujimori, 68, was Peru's president from 1990 to 2000 and faces a dozen corruption, criminal and human rights charges stemming from his time in office, when he shuttered the legislature and the courts, calling the moves necessary to combat Marxist rebels. Peruvians speculate Fujimori would like to win a parliamentary seat in Japan to help him avoid extradition. Fujimori resigned Peru's presidency in 2000 from a Tokyo hotel room, and received Japanese citizenship, based on his parents' nationality. Japan refused to extradite a Japanese citizen to Peru. It was only when Fujimori landed unannounced in Chile to launch another bid for Peru's presidency that he was apprehended, in November 2005.
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