31.   Montesinos has remained in hiding since he returned to Peru on Monday after a failed asylum bid in Panama.

32.   Montesinos returned to Peru weeks later after an asylum bid in Panama failed, but later fled the country on a yacht.

33.   Panama rejected his asylum bid, starting a globe-trotting manhunt.

34.   Organizers of the March asylum bid said they originally planned to approach the German Embassy, but were put off by its high wall and security.

35.   Rumors as to his whereabouts have swirled since he returned to Peru in late September after a failed asylum bid in Panama.

36.   Sometimes, journalists are invited to take photos of the asylum bids.

37.   Some reports say Montesinos is hiding somewhere in South America, his hawklike features altered by plastic surgery in Caracas, after a failed asylum bid in Panama.

38.   South Korean activists who assisted their asylum bid said the man dyed his hair to look like a South Korean tourist and avoid attention by Chinese police.

39.   The asylum bid puts Beijing in a quandary.

40.   The asylum bid had presented China with a political conundrum.