A Spanish court has begun processing an extradition request filed by Peru against a former military officer charged with crimes against humanity stemming from a conflict against Maoist guerrillas in the 1980s, a court document showed on Tuesday.
Augusto Gabilondo, a former lieutenant in the Peruvian military, was detained in Spain on Friday and freed on parole, though he is banned from leaving the country and has to report to a tribunal every two weeks, the document said. His passport was withheld.
Gabilondo headed a military base in the 1980s in the central Andes, according to Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, at a time when state forces were embroiled in a ruthless war with the Shining Path insurgency, a Maoist guerrilla movement that sought to topple the national government.
