More token paperwork filed on Fujimori

[Captain Japan]

Peru asks Japan to extradite ex-president
Washington Times

Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Peru has again asked Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, but sources have said Japan is unlikely to grant the request.

Officials from the Peruvian Embassy in Japan said they asked for the extradition of Fujimori to face charges of illegally paying $15 million in state funds to Vladimiro Montesinos, former chief of the Peruvian government intelligence office, Mainichi Daily News reported.

Peru repeats request for Fujimori's extradition
Mainichi

Peru for the second time has asked Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, but the government is unlikely to grant the request, sources have said.

Officials of the Peruvian Embassy in Japan said on Saturday that they have asked for the extradition of Fujimori to face charges of illegally paying 15 million dollars in state funds to Vladimiro Montesinos, former chief of the Peruvian government intelligence office.

Fuji is seen living the FG lifestyle in Tokyo...

[Taro Toporific]

The charges get more "creative" all the time.

Peru tells Japan Fujimori headed criminal group Channel News Asia Oct 17
.... Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez said the document supporting the extradition request argues that, as head of state from 1990-2000, Fujimori "intervened as chief of a criminal organization protected in the state apparatus," and the criminal group was responsible for the killing of 15 people in 1991 and nine students and a professor in 1992.
"The former president, as co-perpetrator, not only had known but had approved the acts of the Colina group," a paramilitary group accused of committing the murders, says Peru's document supporting the extradition request.....
Fujimori has rejected the accusations and plans to run for president in Peru's 2006 election.

[Captain Japan]

[Captain Japan]

I love the Yomiuri. They make it sound like Fuji just bounced a few checks...
Toledo seeks help over Fujimori
Archiveless Gomiuri Shimbun

Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said Saturday that he had asked the leaders of other countries at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit meeting for their help in the extradition of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who has been residing in Japan.

Toledo, speaking at a press conference in the Chilean capital, pointed out that one of the APEC summit meeting's themes was the fight against corruption, saying the international community should assist in the handover of the former Peruvian president for trial on corruption charges in Lima.

Fujimori has been charged with several crimes in Peru, including the misappropriation of public funds.

The Japanese government has refused to extradite Fujimori because of his Japanese citizenship, arguing that its nationals are subject only to Japanese law. There is no extradition agreement between the two countries.

[Captain Japan]

Fujimori gets new Peru ID card, eyes return from Japanese exile

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was one step closer toward returning from exile in Japan and running for office after the foreign ministry granted him a new identification card.

Kenji Fujimori, the youngest of the ex-leader's four children, picked up his father's new national ID card at the foreign ministry offices in downtown Lima.

The document "will allow my father to register as a presidential candidate in 2006," Kenji Fujimori told reporters, adding that he will personally take the document to his father in Tokyo.

The former president has lived in Japan since fleeing the country in 2000 amid a corruption scandal.

Peru has issued two extradition requests for Fujimori, who is wanted on charges of human rights abuses and corruption.

Kenji Fujimori said the accusations against his father were "collapsing little by little."

Japan has refused to extradite Fujimori, who was granted Japanese citizenship as the son of Japanese citizens who migrated to Peru from Japan.

Fujimori fled office in 2000, sending his resignation letter to the Peruvian Congress by fax. Congress banned him from public office until 2010.

In May Alberto Fujimori went to the Peruvian consulate in Tokyo to renew his identification card, in a first step toward running for president, according to officials of the former president's political group "He Keeps His Promise" (Si Cumple).

[Taro Toporific]

Fujimori gets new Peru passport
.BBC, Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 09:32 GMT 10:32 UK
...Peru has banned him from office until 2010 and sought his extradition, which has so far been refused by Japan.
Mr Fujimori - who ruled between 1990 and 2000 - was given Japanese citizenship because his parents were originally from Japan.
'Comeback'
The authorities in Peru say the passport move proves their point that he is a fugitive from justice.
"Giving a passport demonstrates beyond any doubt that Alberto Fujimori is effectively a Peruvian citizen and that he took Japanese nationality to run and hide from justice in Peru," prosecutor Antonio Maldonado.
Mr Fujimori has been accused of involvement in the killing of 25 suspected members of the Shining Path guerrilla group by death squads....more...

[amdg]

In May Alberto Fujimori went to the Peruvian consulate in Tokyo to renew his identification card, in a first step toward running for president, according to officials of the former president's political group "He Keeps His Promise" (Si Cumple).

So he went to the Peruvian consulate rather than the Peruvian embassy to avoid being nabbed? If he had instead gone to the embassy, would/could he have been nabbed?

[Greji]

In May Alberto Fujimori went to the Peruvian consulate in Tokyo to renew his identification card, in a first step toward running for president, according to officials of the former president's political group "He Keeps His Promise" (Si Cumple).

So he went to the Peruvian consulate rather than the Peruvian embassy to avoid being nabbed? If he had instead gone to the embassy, would/could he have been nabbed?

He could have been a done deal right then and there. International law holds that any diplomatic mission which is consenually established is exteratorial and the laws of the country of the diplomatic mission apply. Not the laws of Japan! They could have bundled up old Al boy and had him back home and had most of his fingernails ripped off by now. So it would appear that they really don't want him back that bad.

There is no extradition treaty and no country would extradite their own citizen (naturalized or not) under such a situation, if for nothing else, the precident that it would set. Ole Al boy ain't a going to be touched unless he wants to be fondled.

[homesweethome]

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/09/18/exiled_in_tokyo_ex_leader_of_peru_plots_his_comeback/

Japan's top right-wing politicians support Fujimori, but his Japanese live-in girlfriend said she pays his bills. The girlfriend, Satomi Kataoka, 38, is a blunt-talking karate specialist with top-level political connections. She said Fujimori, 67, might head back to Peru at any moment.

A karate specialist with top-level political connections, who pays Fujim's bills?
Sounds like their secret hideaway love nest has all the latest in S&M paraphinalia from LL Bean.

No wonder he wants to go back to Peru, even in a bag without his fingernails might be better than what he has been up to here. Of course he is wanted for kidnapping, and torture of his fellow adopted compatriates, hmmm, no wonder the Yamato Gumi likes him so much. What a model citizen. No wonder I had such trouble getting my PR, I was studying the wrong manuals.

[cstaylor]

I think his handling of the hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy gives him a lot of credibility with the right-wing crowd over here.

[Greji]

No wonder I had such trouble getting my PR, I was studying the wrong manuals.

I can't believe you could be so mis-directed HSH! It is quite simple, you should feed a few FGs to the lions at Ueno Zoo, dump a couple of North Koreans into the wood chipper in the back yard, make of a couple TV spots saying how unique Japan is and how polite all J-people are, and you're a PR. 72 hours max, with a welcome handshake from Blinky and a welcome to Japan certificate signed by Kodama Yoshio and Suzuki Muneo.

[Taro Toporific]

Peru's Fugitive Ex-Leader Trying to Regain Presidency NEW YORK TMES, James Brooke (International) 2AM 25 Oct
The only thing standing between Alberto Fujimori and a real run for president in Peru is about 10,000 miles of Pacific Ocean - that and an Interpol arrest warrant...
....Without direct flights between Tokyo and Lima, Mr. Fujimori would have to change planes somewhere, probably in Dallas or Los Angeles, where he would run the risk of arrest. A private plane would be expensive, and any planes available in Japan would have to stop at least once for refueling, executives at rental companies said.
"Submarino?" Mr. Fujimori joked in an interview on Monday, offering in Spanish an alternative means of crossing the Pacific.....
...."To all these charges - my answer is zero - there is absolutely not a single proof of misappropriation of funds," Mr. Fujimori said Monday. "I basically live off the lectures." He gives "three or four" paid lectures a month, which makes ends meet largely, he says, because "I have virtually no expenditures."
"I shop for my own food," the 67-year-old former president said. "I cook my own meals. I drive my own car." He also gets free office and living space in a Tokyo hotel, compliments of the hotel owner, Satomi Kataoka, his 38-year-old girlfriend........more...

[Captain Japan]

Fujimori arrested on Chile visit
BBC

Police in Chile have arrested fugitive Peruvian ex-President Alberto Fujimori just hours after he began a surprise visit to the country.
Mr Fujimori is wanted in his home country on corruption and human abuse charges but Peruvian warrants for his arrest were thought invalid in Chile.

He was picked up at a Santiago hotel and surrendered without resistance.

The ex-leader had said he was visiting Chile as part of a bid to return to Peru and stand for president again....more...

Did anyone go to Narita with Fuji to see him off?

[Tsuru]

Great news

[torasan]

Satomi Kataoka, 38, 39, who's counting, said she will follow Fujimori to Peru, although the date is uncertain. He asked her to marry her several times but she said no. "I don't ever want to marry", she said, but added she enjoys taking care of him in Tokyo. Probably her father is a pal of top level govt people there and there and there and there. OUCH! Can anyone say SPY? Mata Satomi?

Fujimori's Web site contains a videotape of her from 2003 saying in fractured Spanish: "Good evening! We will be with the Peruvian people very shortly!"

AND: who paid for his private jet back to Mexico, Chile and Peru? Satomi-chan again?

There is a great NHK drama here....

[torasan]

Fujimori arrived by private plane from Mexico on Sunday afternoon, Chilean media said. He was accompanied by FOUR people who were not identified.

Name those four people!

Shintaro Ishihara
Satomi Mistressy 38
Min of Foreign Affairs Backroom Guy
Min of Justice Backroom Guy

[Mulboyne]

Fujimori arrived by private plane from Mexico on Sunday afternoon, Chilean media said. He was accompanied by FOUR people who were not identified.

Name those four people!

Shintaro Ishihara...

Surely Ishihara was still in NY? He was at the NY marathon at the weekend and was scheduled to make a speech there on Monday.

[cstaylor]

My bet is that he will be "disappeared" by the current Peruvian government.

[Captain Japan]

Fujimori arrived by private plane from Mexico on Sunday afternoon, Chilean media said. He was accompanied by FOUR people who were not identified.

So Mexico doesn't have an extradition treaty either I guess? Ever since he's been talking about his return there's been speculation about where his plane would make a pitstop because a non-stop flight is not possible.

[Taro Toporific]

Was Fujimori "renditioned" in a carefully-planned set up by the current and former CIA agents as a further slap at Bush?
Tuesday, November 08, 2005, itwassooted blog
Fujimori faces a 21-count indictment in Peru, including murder and corruption counts. What makes this case more intriguing is that the private plane that transported Fujimori stopped in Atlanta before flying to Chile. The Mexican government also confirmed the plane stopped in Mexico prior to flying to Chile. The presidents of Chile and Peru were meeting with George W. Bush in Mar del Plata at the Americas Summit just prior to Fujimori's flight from Japan to Atlanta and Mexico and on to Chile. The timing for a "rendition" while Chile's and Peru's presidents were engaged at the summit was perfect. No one suspected it, not even Fujimori's right-wing patrons in Tokyo, including Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara and multi-millionaire Diet member Torao Tokuda. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, an ally of Bush, has resisted Peru's extradition efforts to have Fujimori returned. Intelligence insiders believe the Fujimori exfiltration to Chile may have been part of a clever ruse designed by disgruntled U.S. intelligence operatives to send a warning shot across Bush's bow. A Fujimori trial in Peru is bound to highlight his connections to various Bush family enterprises, not all of which are legal........more...

[torasan]

Yeh, i was joking about Shinataro, just wanted to see if anybody was reading!

Sorry.

Have no idea who was on the plane. But it did refuel in the USA once, then Mexico, then lands in Chile. Alanta, the above posts says.

A CIA plot? Get off it!

Mebbe.

Things is: WHAT WAS HE THINKING? That is the million yen question!

[homesweethome]

Was Fujimori "renditioned" in a carefully-planned set up by the current and former CIA agents as a further slap at Bush?
Tuesday, November 08, 2005, itwassooted blog
Fujimori faces a 21-count indictment in Peru, including murder and corruption counts. What makes this case more intriguing is that the private plane that transported Fujimori stopped in Atlanta before flying to Chile. The Mexican government also confirmed the plane stopped in Mexico prior to flying to Chile. The presidents of Chile and Peru were meeting with George W. Bush in Mar del Plata at the Americas Summit just prior to Fujimori's flight from Japan to Atlanta and Mexico and on to Chile. The timing for a "rendition" while Chile's and Peru's presidents were engaged at the summit was perfect. No one suspected it, not even Fujimori's right-wing patrons in Tokyo, including Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara and multi-millionaire Diet member Torao Tokuda. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, an ally of Bush, has resisted Peru's extradition efforts to have Fujimori returned. Intelligence insiders believe the Fujimori exfiltration to Chile may have been part of a clever ruse designed by disgruntled U.S. intelligence operatives to send a warning shot across Bush's bow. A Fujimori trial in Peru is bound to highlight his connections to various Bush family enterprises, not all of which are legal........more...

This is close, but no banana. This was a warning shot fired across Koizumi's bow by Bush. GW wants his free trade zone in the America' s and Fujimori has been a clown and no good pretty much everywhere. No loss here, his ties to Bush are nil and void and will never see the light of day in a trial or anything else because they don't exist. The plane was never supposed to stop in Mexico for refueling or anything else, it had to.

Fujimori better get used to Chilean prison food, he's going to be eating it for quite a while.

[kurohinge1]

Peru recalls ambassador to Japan

Friday, November 11, 2005 Posted: 0009 GMT (0809 HKT)

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Peru's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said in a terse statement that it was withdrawing its ambassador from Japan in an apparent protest of that country's response to Peruvian attempts to extradite former President Alberto Fujimori.

The statement, e-mailed to The Associated Press, said Peru was "terminating the functions of Peru's Ambassador to Japan Luis Macchiavello."

A Peruvian Foreign Ministry official told The Associated Press, on condition of anonymity, that Macchiavello's withdrawal represented "Peru's strong protest," short of breaking diplomatic relations, over Japan's attitude toward Peru's effort to extradite Fujimori before his arrest in Chile ...

[Foreign Minister Oscar] Maurtura said he also expressed "the Peruvian government's displeasure over the slowness and delay that Japanese officials exhibited with respect to the requests for extradition that the Peruvian government formulated without obtaining a reply."

He also noted that in comparison, Chilean officials acted quickly to detain Fujimori early Monday in Santiago after ending five years of self-exile in Japan as part of a plan to launch his political comeback.

... Relatives of victims of repression under Fujimori arrived in Chile Thursday to follow the extradition trial.

"We have no doubts about the participation, responsibility and complicity of Fujimori in the assassination of hour (sic) relatives," said Gisela Ortiz. Her brother Enrique Ortiz was one of 10 people killed in 1993 at the La Cantuta University in Lima, one of two mass killings that Peruvian officials say will be cited in the extradition request ... more

[torasan]

So....did Fjuimori calculate right or was he was off center here?

What options does he now have?

1. stay in exile in Chile detention 6 months
2. get booted out to another SouthAm country for exile
3. get sent to Peru for trial
4. get elected Pres again
5. get sentenced to lifetime in jail in Lima
6. fly back to Japan courtesy SDF and stay with Satomi again at her hotel
7. ICELAND takes him in, and he and Bobby Fisher becomes pals!

Tick one!

[Mulboyne]

Asahi

[Greji]

So....did Fjuimori calculate right or was he was off center here? What options does he now have?

This could become very interesting. Chile has long had its own problems and the detaining of Fujimori could actually just be so much eye shadow to appease the dissidents there that may have ties with other SA countries including Peru as well as it may be for other Foreign countries.

The question is even if they wanted, could they, or dare they, take futher action against Fujichan?

They might very conceivable hold him for an appropriate spell and simply let him walk.

Also, I am not convinced that the Peruvian powers that be, really want him back. Obviously, there is the certain faction that wants to hang him and then give him a fair trial, but be that as it may, Fujichan still has a lot of supporters with power and in a country such as Peru, they could cause the ruling party a lot of problems to even include a hostile take-over of the government. Peru may just as well be happy to have him in Chile or elsewhere. Most of the ruling parties actions and demands have not been particularly demanding more than side-show stuff, recalling the Ambassador included. If they truly had wanted him, they would have arrested him the minute he walked into their Tokyo Embassy to renew his passport!

It should really start getting fun from here.
:P

[Captain Japan]

Standing by her man, jailed on his way to Peru
James Brooke, New York Times

Satomi Kataoka remembers taking her companion to a neighborhood chess championship in Tokyo and watching him "beat everyone."

Now her companion, Alberto Fujimori, is detained in a Chilean police training center. There, she says, he calmly calculates moves for a political comeback in Peru.

"I was screaming: 'Are you O.K.? Why did you do this?"' she recalled last week of her one telephone conversation with Fujimori, Peru's former president, who is wanted in Lima on an array of 21 corruption and human rights charges. "He said, 'Don't worry. I'm all right."'
"Fujimori never tells his strategy; he loves secrecy," said Kataoka, a Tokyo hotel owner who marked her 40th birthday on Nov. 15 on the far side of the Pacific from her partner of four years....more...

Fuji gets comfy:

In Tokyo, Fujimori was talking more and more of ending his five years of self-exile, said Kataoka, who was providing him with free lodging and office space in her 226-room hotel, the Princess Garden.

Fuji gets rejected:

"I want to be behind the scenes, out of sight," said Kataoka, pointing under a tablecloth at a restaurant where she was interviewed. Once, she said, she and Fujimori signed papers for a civil marriage, but they never filed them with the authorities in Japan."'Your country needs you, you have to stay single,' I used to tell him," Kataoka said of Fujimori, whose first marriage ended in a widely publicized divorce.

Fuji gets cheap:

"Once we went to McDonald's, and he told me not to order too much," she said, rolling her eyes. "Another time, we were buying sushi at a supermarket at the end of the day. He saw that if we waited one hour, the sushi would be 15 percent off. We had to wait one hour."
"If someone has money, I can smell it very quickly, and he really has no money," said Kataoka, who has complained to friends that he left her in Tokyo owing her money.

Fuji gets stalked:

But, she said, she loves him, 21 charges and all. Next month, she may fly to Santiago to pressure the Chilean authorities to release him. "I have to be samurai," she concluded. "The samurai code says once you decide to look after someone, you do it to the end."

[Captain Japan]

[amdg]

She's getting younger? (Oh I get it, the spotlight effect)

[Captain Japan]

Here, too, he has assets on his side, the most valuable of which is Kataoka. Like Fujimori, she has come up in the world. As a teenager, barely 13, she says, perhaps exaggerating a bit, her parents kicked her out of Japan. They sent her off to LA to sink or swim. She worked in gasoline stations; she probably had a dozen different jobs. She survived. She came back here and, age 25, bought a spiffy hotel in Meguro with money from her father.

I don't know about anyone else but I just don't see this being how it really happened.