What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.

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.