Fujimori Extradicted To Face Charges at Home

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SANTIAGO – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was flown to his home country in police custody today, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court authorized his extradition on charges of human rights violation and corruption charges.

A Peruvian police aircraft carrying the 69-year-old former ruler departed just before 9 a.m. EDT from the Santiago airport for the 4½-hour flight to Lima, the Peruvian capital, with at least one refueling stopover.

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