Amnesty International Spain is collecting signatures on a petition to the Chilean government to extradite Fujimori to Chile. You can sign the petition by going to
Fujimori: ¡Actúa para que se haga justicia! - AI España
The webpage is in Spanish but it asks you for your Name (Nombre), Last Names (Apellidos), Country (Pais), Province (if in Spain), e-mail and Phone Number (Teléfono)
Alberto Fujimori was president of Peru during the 1990's. As such, he created death squads and was responsible for the death, disappearance and imprisonment of thousands of innocent Peruvian citizens. In 2000, as allegations of corruption were making his arrest likely, he went to Japan for a state visit and faxed his resignation as president. He's been living in that country since then.
Japan has been under strong international pressure to turn him over to Peru, where he is wanted on charges of corruption as well as human rights violations. In November of 2005, he quietly left Mexico and made his way to Chile, where he was arrested at the request of the Peruvian government.
Analysts speculate that Fujimori was counting that the political tension between the Chilean and Peruvian governments would make Chile reluctant to arrest him. He planned to run in Peru's next presidential elections, but the Peruvian election board ruled in January that a Congressional order barring Fujimori from public office until 2011 was valid.
See Fujimori's grand plan withers behind bars (from the Chicago Tribune)
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