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LIMA, April 4 (UPI) -- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori says the government is seeking political revenge and is persecuting him with human rights charges.
Fujimori, wrapping up his defense after a 15-month trial in Lima for alleged abuses, contended on the witness stand Friday there is no proof he directed a "dirty war" against Maoist Shining Path guerrillas during his years in office, the BBC reported.
Fujimori, 70, who was Peru's president from 1990 to 2000, is accused of being responsible for the death-squad massacres of 25 people. He faces 30 years in prison if convicted of charges he authorized death squads to carry out the killings.
The British broadcaster said Fujimori maintains the human rights allegations are exaggerated and motivated by political payback.
"I completely reject that I gave any orders in an allegedly parallel system to put into practice a dirty war to defeat terrorism," he said.
He reportedly questioned why previous Peruvian leaders under which killings allegedly occurred were not also put on trial.
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