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Ex-Peruvian defense minister
gets 8-year sentence for
conspiracy
Peru's Supreme Court sentenced
former Defense Minister Cesar
Saucedo to eight years in prison
on Wednesday for conspiracy and
fined him four million soles
(1.23 million US dollars).
The court said Saucedo, serving
as defense minister during the
border war between Peru and
Ecuador in 1995, provided
guarantees for the illicit
purchase of military materiel
and uniforms.
Saucedo is the highest ranking
military official in Alberto
Fujimori's government
(1990-2000) to be sentenced to
prison terms. Saucedo also held
the position of interior
minister during Fujimori's rule.
Before Saucedo's conviction, a
number of senior military
commanders implicated the
Fujimori case had also been
jailed.
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