Fujimori, former Peruvian President.(File photo)

      SANTIAGO, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Non-governmental organization Amnesty International and Peru's National Human Rights Coordinator presented a petition to the Chilean government on Thursday, calling for the extradition of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.

    Zunilda Carvajal, the petition coordinator in Chile, said the document, with the signatures of 20,000 individuals from Argentina, Spain, England and Mexico, had been sent to Chile's justice department.

    The petition was sent by relatives of those murdered in the Barrios Altons and La Cantuta massacres, which are among the 12 cases related to human rights violations or corruption for which Fujimori is sought for extradition, the coordinator said.

    "We are fighting against impunity because we believe in the need to awaken international solidarity in the face of what we have had to live through," said Gisella Ortiz, sister of Luiz Enrique Ortiz Perea, killed in the 1992 La Cantuta massacre.

    Fujimori, president of Peru from 1990 to 2000, has been jailed in Santiago since November last year, and is awaiting a response to an extradition request by Peru's government at the end of last year.

    Fujimori is wanted by the Peruvian government on 21 separate criminal charges, including involvement in the murder of 25 citizens, embezzlement of public funds, and dereliction of duty. Enditem