December 11, 2007

Former President of Peru Stands Trial on Charges of Ordering 1992 Killings of Professor and 9 Students

By Mike Ceaser

Bogota, Colombia

Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, went on trial in Lima on Monday, charged with human-rights violations, including authorizing the 1992 kidnapping and killing of nine university students and a professor.

Toward the end of the morning session, according to news reports, Mr. Fujimori stood and declared he was innocent. If any "detestable acts" were committed, he said, they were not done under his orders.

Mr. Fujimori, 69, ruled Peru from 1990 until 2000,

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