Peru Wants Intl Court to Take on Fujimori Case

[maddezmom]

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru should call in the International Court of Justice to rule on its request for the extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori (news - web sites) from Japan, state attorney Nelly Calderon said on Sunday, expressing frustration at Japan's failure to act so far.



"I think we should give up on direct extradition attempts and go to the court in The Hague (news - web sites)," Calderon told state news agency Andina.


"We've given Japan enough time and it's time for it to decide," she added.


Fujimori fled to Japan, his ancestral homeland, at the height of a corruption scandal in 2000. Peru has formally requested his extradition on charges of political responsibility for 25 murders by a death squad, for which prosecutors want the former president jailed for 30 years, and corruption charges.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=12&u=/nm/20041121/wl_nm/peru_fujimori_dc

and in other news:
Report: Peru Would Refuse to Free Berenson
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041121/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_berenson_1

All I can say is, not a surprise. :eyes:

[Pale_Rider]

1. Let this be a warning for those that ...

... want to amend the Constitution to allow foreign-born Presidents!

[arcos]

2. Fujimori was officially born in Perú...

there have been rumors that he was actually born in Japan, but all legal documents and investigations have concluded he was born in Perú.