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(LIP-jl) -- After months of speculation that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori would flee Chile if Chilean officials agreed to extradite him to Peru, a judge has ordered the former leader to house arrest.

The decision to place Fujimori on house comes just one day after a Chilean prosecutor recommended the extradition of the former leader on 10 counts of corruption charges and human rights violations.

Judge Urbano Main, sitting in for Judge Orlando Alvarez, ordered the immediate detention of Fujimori after Peruvian government officials officially requested the the former president be placed under house arrest.

Earlier this year, Fujimori moved to an apartment near the Japanese Embassy in Santiago, further fueling rumors that he would attempt to evade the Chilean justice system if things do not occur as planned

At the time of this report, the whereabouts of the former leader are not known, although various agencies from the Chilean press indicate he is somewhere in the Chilean capital.

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