Santiago/Lima - Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori left Chile Saturday morning for Lima to face human rights violation and corruption charges the day after the Chilean Supreme Court approved his extradition. Accompanied by Chilean police, Fujimori was flown by helicopter from his mansion to the north of Santiago to the capital's airport where he boarded a green Peruvian Natiopnal Police (PNP) aeroplane, the Chilean Interior Ministry confirmed Saturday.
PNP chief, General David Rodriguez, four colonels, a doctor and two employees of Interpol Peru were on board the Antonov aircraft with Fujimori.
At Lima airport, 200 police were awaiting Fujimori's arrival to escort him to a police cell.
The Chilean Supreme Court on Friday approved Fujimori's extradition to Peru on two counts of human rights abuses and five counts of corruption.
Fujimori, 69, holds Peruvian and Japanese citizenship and was being held under house arrest in Santiago.
Fujimori ruled in Peru from 1990 to 2000 and then fled to Japan to escape a corruption scandal involving alleged bribes to legislators.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia is reported to be fearful that any case taken against Fujimori will expose human rights abuses and corruption during his first period in office between 1985 and 2000.
He was arrested by Chilean authorities in November 2005 after fleeing to Chile, where he may have been preparing for a possible new presidential run in Peru.
