Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Tuesday was cleared of corruption in a 1994 arms purchase case, a week after he was barred from running in Peru's 2006 presidential election by the country's...
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Former president of Ecuador Lucio Gutierrez was arrested Friday evening upon his return to the Pacific coast city of Manta. Gutierrez, 48, was arrested on an order that he posed a threat to national security; he was...
Abimael Guzman , founder of Peru's Shining Path guerilla movement, told a Peruvian court Monday that he is not a terrorist, and instead labeled himself a "revolutionary combatant." Guzman is facing a retrial on...
Peru constitutional court bars fugitive ex-president Fujimori from presidential run
The Peruvian Constitutional Court has announced that former president Alberto Fujimori is barred from running in Peru's 2006 presidential election . Court President Javier Alva Orlandini said Sunday that the...
Vladimiro Montesinos , a close aide of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Peru's former intelligence chief, went on trial Wednesday on charges that he ordered the massacres of Maoist rebel supporters by paramilitary death...
Inter-American rights court denies US woman's appeal of Peru terror conviction
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has denied an appeal request to reinterpret its November 2004 ruling that upheld the conviction of an American tried in Peru on charges she collaborated with the terrorist group...
International brief ~ Afghan electoral commission releases final candidates list
Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Joint Electoral Management Body in Afghanistan released the final list of approved candidates on Tuesday for the upcoming national parliamentary elections currently scheduled for September 18 . Under...
International brief ~ Peru judge orders 118 military officers arrested for 1988 massacre
Leading Thursday's international brief, a Peruvian judge has ordered the arrest of 118 current and retired military officers for their alleged involvement in a 1988 attack against the Andean village of Cayara , in which soldiers allegedly...
Peru upset by high court rejection of fraud case against ex-president Fujimori
The Peruvian government on Wednesday condemned a Peru Supreme Court decision to drop allegations that former President Alberto Fujimori used forged signatures to register for the 2000 elections. The Peruvian Congress has a list of...
FOX News is reporting that the Iraqi Special Tribunal judge overseeing the lagal proceedings against Saddam Hussein has been assassinated. Raid Juhi al-Saadi,35, was reportedly gunned down outside his home in Baghdad. He had already survived several...