Former Peruvian president weds Japanese girlfriend from jailTokyo : Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori wed his Japanese girlfriend Thursday in a Chilean jail.
The marriage was legalised when agents of the 67-year-old politician of Japanese ancestry registered his marriage to hotel owner Satomi Kataoka in Tokyo, Japanese media reported.
"Today is the happiest day of my life," Fujimori said in a statement released by his representatives.
Peru seeks his extradition on charges of corruption and human-rights abuses.
Fujimori led Peru from 1990 to 2000 and was known for quashing a violent uprising by the Maoist "Shining Path" guerilla group and restoring economic stability to the Andean land, but was also criticised for his authoritarian rule.
He fled Peru in 2000 as charges mounted against his administration, which began with accusations of election irregularities and bribery and expanded to include the formation of death squads and other crimes against humanity. He now faces 21 criminal charges in Peru.
He lived in exile in Japan for five years, before announcing his intention to run for president again in voting scheduled Sunday. However, on his return to his homeland in November, he was arrested in Chile.
He and Kataoka met each other in 2001 through a friend and had lived together until the former president attempted to return to Peru.
Fujimori has four children with his former wife, also a Japanese-Peruvian, whom he divorced in 1995.
