Peru has formally asked Chile to extradite disgraced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori in order for him to be tried on human rights and corruption charges.
The request was delivered to Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker by Peruvian Ambassador Jose Antonio Meir and special prosecutor Antonio Maldonado.
Peru has compiled 12 cases against Fujimori including the death squad killing of 25 people in two incidents known as La Cantuta and Barrios Altos, illegal telephone tapping, diversion of state funds to the intelligence service, bribing of politicians, and the transfer of $15 million to Fujimori's spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos.
Fujimori has been under arrest in Chile since his surprise arrival two months ago from Japan, where he had lived in exile since his 1990-2000 authoritarian regime collapsed amid a corruption scandal.