Peru's Ex-Spy Chief Sentenced to 15 Years
A court has sentenced Peru’s former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos to 15 years in prison on charges that he paid television station owners millions of dollars to run favorable news about ex-President Alberto Fujimori. The anti-corruption court’s sentence, delivered Monday on charges of corruption and illicit association, was the highest yet in six trials involving the fallen spymaster. Montesinos, 59, faces dozens of more charges, including corruption, drug trafficking and authorizing death squad killings while serving as Fujimori’s security adviser in the 1990s. Full Story