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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...

After 15 Years, US Woman Leaves Peruvian Prison

LIMA, Peru (May 27) - New Yorker Lori Berenson walked out of a Peruvian prison with a smile on her face Thursday, then pushed through mobs of reporters before settling into a neighborhood that met her with hostility. "Go away, terrorist!" one of her new neighbors shouted. Now 40, she looked smaller, more austere than the...

American to Be Freed After 15 Years in Peruvian Prison

LIMA, Peru (May 25) -- A judge granted parole Tuesday to Lori Berenson, the 40-year-old New York activist who has spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons on a conviction of aiding leftist rebels. Judge Jessica Leon granted a request by Berenson for conditional release at a hearing at the Lima prison where the American has been...

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11/06/10 After 15 years U.S. supporter of Peruvian terrorist... Source: MercoPress Berenson has apologized for her actions and acknowledged that the violence carried out by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement had been "harmful" for Peru, the judge said in a televised ruling from the Santa Monica women's jail in Lima. Berenson, 40, was granted parole in May, but Leon suspended the parole order in August, saying police had failed to inspect the apartment in Lima where Berenson would be staying.
08/16/10 US 'rebel' Berenson apologises Source: BBC World News An American woman who was jailed in Peru for aiding left-wing guerrillas has apologised for her actions and asked to remain free on parole.

Background on Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement

The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (, abbreviated MRTA) was a Marxist revolutionary group active in Peru from the early 1980s to 1997 and one of the main actors in the internal conflict in Peru.

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