Former Peru spymaster admits guilt

[maddezmom]

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Peru's former spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos -- until now silent in the face of scores of corruption and human rights abuse charges -- on Monday finally admitted guilt in court.

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"Having admitted responsibility in the matters that are the subject of the trial ... I am not going to make comments to the bench or to prosecutors," Montesinos, a trained lawyer, told the top security court in the naval base where he is jailed.

Montesinos' trials began more than a year ago and so far he has been handed several minor sentences. He faces at least 67 trials in all, including for authorizing death squads and running guns to Colombian rebels -- charges he denies.

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Montesinos, Fujimori's right-hand man during a decade in power, turned the state intelligence agency into an instrument to spy on and hound political opponents. His corruption network was exposed when a video he shot of himself bribing a congressman surfaced in 2000, felling Fujimori within months.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/04/19/peru.montesinos.reut/index.html

[David__77]

1. Fujimori and his fascist minion.

It is good that they are exiled or in prison for the most part.

But it's bad that a neo-liberal agenda still rules in Lima through the current government. It would have been preferable for Alan Garcia and the APRA to regain power.