Something for Bush to keep in mind: Former Peruvian Pres Fujimori has been sentenced to 25 yrs

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http://www.buzzflash.com/


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7986951.stm

Fujimori gets lengthy jail term

Mr Fujimori's trial was suspended several times due to his poor health
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

At the end of a 15-month trial, judges found him guilty of two death-squad killings of 25 people during the conflict with guerrillas in the 1990s.

After being sentenced, Mr Fujimori said he would appeal against the verdict.

Human rights group Amnesty International described the verdict as "a milestone in the fight for justice".

"Justice has been done in Peru. This is an historic day," said the group's spokesman, Javier Zuniga.

"It is not every day when a former head of state is convicted for human rights violations such as torture, kidnapping and enforced disappearances.

"We hope that it is just the first of many trials in both Latin America and throughout the world."

Abuse of power

Mr Fujimori is already serving a six-year term after being found guilty in 2007 on separate charges of abuse of power.

The trial, which took place at a special-forces police base on the outskirts of the capital, Lima, was the first time a democratically elected Latin American leader had been tried and found guilty in his own country for human rights abuses

[billyoc]

1. It's nice to see a government that has the courage to prosecute former leaders.

Bush is in no danger.

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2. There will soon come a time when Bush will see inside of a cell...it is in the Cards