SANTIAGO, Sept 22: Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori flew out of Santiago on Saturday for Lima after Chile’s Supreme Court ordered his extradition to stand trial in Peru on human rights and corruption charges.
Escorted by Chilean police, Fujimori boarded a Peruvian police jet at the Santiago airport bound for Lima, where he will be tried for charges stemming from his 1990-2000 tenure as president.
The Antonov aircraft carrying Fujimori, together with Peru police chief David Rodriguez Segue and the Interpol chief in Lima Manuel Barraza, took off at 8:56 (1256 GMT).
Once Fujimori, 69, arrives he will be sequestered in the headquarters of the Peruvian police Special Operations Directorate, which has a 50 square metre apartment with a bathroom and a small study, the Peru newspaper La Republica reported on Saturday.
In an interview with Chile’s El Mercurio published on Saturday he said he hoped he would be treated respectfully upon his arrival and said that the “Fujimorism” movement would be revitalised.
“There is no negotiation. But clearly, I hope to be treated in my status as ex-president,” he said. “Obviously I cannot be held in a communal jail, for security reasons.
“I hope that there will be a fair trial to completely explain each of the accusations,” he added.—AFP
