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Peru court orders Fujimori tried for 1992 mass killing: official

by Carlos Mandujano Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime. The National Criminal Court said the pardon granted to Fujimori in a human rights case for which he was serving a 25-year sentence did not apply to the murders of the group. […]