A former Peruvian spymaster whose misdeeds contributed to the collapse of Alberto Fujimori's government eight years ago told a top court June 30 that the ex-president had nothing to do with two death-squad massacres he is accused of authorizing.

The testimony from former National Intelligence Service head Vladimiro Montesinos was one of the most-anticipated moments of Fujimori's six-month trial, and was carried live on national television.

Montesinos said that neither he nor Fujimori bear "any responsibility" in the army death squad attacks that killed 25 people in 1991 and 1992 — crushing some of Fujimori foes' hopes that an imprisoned Montesinos would blame his former boss even if it meant further implicating himself.