LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Despite threatened cuts in anti-narcotics aid from the United
                  States, President Alberto Fujimori said Peru will carry on the fight against drug
                  trafficking with its fleet of Russian-made fighter jets.

                  At an anniversary ceremony for Peru's air force Sunday, Fujimori announced
                  that 18 Sukhoi-25 tactical fighter jets purchased for the country's now-ended
                  border conflict with Ecuador would be used for anti-narcotics efforts. Peru and
                  Ecuador signed a peace treaty in October 1998.

                  "Even if it is only with our own resources, Peru will be a barrier to narcotics
                  trafficking," Fujimori said. "Peru's struggle against narcotics trafficking will not
                  be halted."

                  The United States acknowledges Fujimori as one of its most effective regional
                  partners in the fight against narcotics. But Congress last month held back $42
                  million of emergency anti-narcotics and development aid and threatened to cut
                  back millions more following Fujimori's win of a third term as president in a May
                  28 election tainted by irregularities and fraud allegations.