The former Foreign Minister of Peru
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Manuel Augusto Blacker Miller was born on 18 October 1945 in Lima, the
capital of Peru. Engineer by profession, on November 6th 1991 he was
appointed as the fourth Foreign Minister of the Alberto Fujimori regime.
One of his duties was to resolve the pending issues with Chiles and Ecuador. One year later started the coup supported by Miller and all the cabinet Ministers, on April 5th 1992. In the history of Peru it is known as the “auto-coup”, a form of coup when the head of state, although legally elected, dissolves the Parliament illegally to extend his power grip.
During a meeting between the American Foreign Ministers, in Washington, for the Organization of American States (OAS), Blacker Miller tried to justify the “auto-coup” saying that it was a result of the blockage coming from the Congress, which made it impossible for a normal governing in Peru.
He demanded understanding and more time to turn the country back to normality. As result, a resolution was approved through which the Peruvian government was asked to dialogue with the democratic opposition and find a way to return to democracy.
After Fujimori was overthrown, Manuel Augusto Blacker Miller abandoned the country on 15 November 2002 and settled in Miami, USA. The Peruvian justice included him in the list of 10 Ministers who were accused of supporting the coup.
A national and international arrest order was released and on November 26th 2007 the Supreme Court of Peru sentenced Fujimori’s Ministers from 4 to 10 years in prison.
On 11 November 2009 he was arrested by the US international agents of the Emigration and Customs Office, in Florida, where he was waiting for the extradition procedures so that he could be delivered to the justice authorities of his country.
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