Pedro Ángel Richter Fernández-Prada (4 January 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a

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who was the

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of Peru from January 31, 1979, until July 28, 1980. On December 28, 2007, the Italian government issued an arrest warrant for Prada for the disappearance of 25 Italian citizens in the 1970s. In February 2015, a trial started in Italy related to

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, there were indictments against 32 people, including Richter Prada. He was charged with aggravated murder. Richter Prada also served as Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Army. According to a private death notice, Richter Prada died on 14 July 2017 aged 96.

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