Lima, Peru ? Peru’s election board on Tuesday barred Alberto Fujimori from running in an April election as the jailed former president fought efforts by Peruvian prosecutors to have him extradited from Chile on charges of rights violations and corruption.

Fujimori has been detained in Chile since November, when he arrived unexpectedly following five years in exile in Tokyo. He went to Japan in 2000 when his decade-long autocratic regime collapsed under the weight of growing scandals.

Fujimori, who denies any wrongdoing, said upon arrival in Chile that it was just a stopover on his way back to Peru to seek the presidency. But Chilean authorities arrested him at the request of the Peruvian government.

Fujimori’s daughter Keiko registered his candidacy on Friday.