LIMA: A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime.

The National Criminal Court said the pardon granted to Fujimori in a human rights case for which he was serving a 25-year sentence did not apply to the murders of the group.

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