Peru’s Ex-Spy Chief Reportedly on Aruba
Peru’s fugitive ex-spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, slipped illegally into Costa Rica, then headed for the Caribbean island of Aruba, said Costa Rican Security Minister Rogelio Ramos. Montesinos and his crew abandoned their yacht Nov. 21 on Costa Rica’s remote island of Coco and went to the city of Liberia, about 100 miles northwest of the capital, San Jose, Ramos said. He said a small plane took them to Aruba, about 20 miles off Venezuela. The information backs up testimony by three Peruvian army officers who said Montesinos fled Peru in a yacht Oct. 29 and was last seen three weeks ago on a sailboat off Costa Rica.
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