EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A doctor who spent a dozen years on the run from federal fraud charges in Illinois before being captured in his native Peru has pleaded guilty and faces up to 35 years in prison and more than $1.5 million in fines.

Dr. Juan Rios, who lived in the St. Louis suburb of Florissant, Mo., pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis to three counts of mail fraud and one count apiece of health care fraud and failing to appear in court.

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