At the beginning, because the lives of the hostages were at stake, then during this silent period we have taken several measures like not accepting the ultimatum of the terrorists threatening to kill our foreign affairs minister.

He was finally extradited to face criminal charges in Peru in September 2007. The verdict delivered by a three-judge panel marked the first time that an elected head of state has been extradited back to his home country tried and convicted of human rights violations. However he was criticized for his authoritarian way of ruling the country (especially after 1992) and was accused of human rights violations.