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Peru Court Orders American Lori Berenson Back to Jail

LIMA, Peru (Aug. 18) -- Lori Berenson, a native New Yorker arrested in 1995 and later convicted of aiding a leftist insurgency, turned herself in to Peruvian authorities today after being ordered to return to jail. Local television station Canal N reported that she handed herself over at the U.S. Embassy in Lima. "She's...

In Peru, Specter of Left-Wing Terror Is Campaign Issue

LIMA, Peru (July 30) -- As this nation's ruling party gears up for municipal elections in the fall and general elections next year, it seems to be pulling out all the stops to quell a left-wing insurgency, even though some say no credible threat exists. There has been an unexpected resurgence of news recently from the...