Peru

Why Does Peru Want to Make an Example of An American Woman? (Time.com)

November 10th, 2010

Time.com - Others in the same situation have been released from priosn quietly and with little controversy. So why are Peruvians making such a fuss over Lori Berenson?

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Peru court grants parole to U.S. citizen Berenson (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - U.S. citizen Lori Berenson was freed from a jail in Peru on Monday after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence for working with leftist insurgents and will…

Why U.S. Woman Is Legal Ping-Pong in Peru (Time.com)

November 6th, 2010

Time.com - Peru’s government and judiciary go back and forth over New Yorker Lori Berenson, who is at the center of the country’s attempt to deal with the terrorism of…

Why An American Woman Has Become Legal Ping-Pong in Peru (Time.com)

November 6th, 2010

Time.com - Peru’s government and judiciary go back and forth over New Yorker Lori Berenson, who is at the center of the country’s attempt to deal with the terrorism of…

Peru president: New Yorker Berenson not a threat (AP)

September 8th, 2010

AP - President Alan Garcia says he doesn’t consider Lori Berenson a threat to Peru, suggesting he may be inclined to commute the New Yorker’s accomplice-to-terrorism sentence so she can…

American activist sent back to prison in Peru (AP)

August 19th, 2010

Escorted by police officers, U.S. citizen Lori Berenson, center, carrying her 15-month-old son, Salvador, right, arrives to the Justice Palace in Lima, Peru, Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010.  Berenson, an American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels, surrendered to police on Wednesday after a court ordered her arrest and struck down a decision granting her parole. (AP Photo)AP - An American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels surrendered to police Wednesday after a court struck down a decision granting her parole and ordered her to return to…

American activist surrenders to Peru police (AP)

August 18th, 2010

AP - An American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels surrendered to police on Wednesday after a court struck down a decision granting her parole and ordered her to return…

American activist turns self in to Peru police (AP)

August 18th, 2010

U.S. activist Lori Berenson attends her hearing at court in Lima, Peru, Monday Aug. 16, 2010.  Berenson, from New York, addressed a criminal appeals court as prosecutors called for her parole to be revoked and for her to be sent back to prison to finish her 20-year sentence for aiding the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, arguing that a May decision granting parole was riddled with errors. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - An American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels surrendered to police on Wednesday after a court ordered her arrest and struck down a decision granting her parole.


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Peru court revokes parole for American activist (AP)

August 18th, 2010

U.S. activist Lori Berenson attends her hearing at court in Lima, Peru, Monday Aug. 16, 2010.  Berenson, from New York, addressed a criminal appeals court as prosecutors called for her parole to be revoked and for her to be sent back to prison to finish her 20-year sentence for aiding the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, arguing that a May decision granting parole was riddled with errors. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - A court in Peru revoked parole for American activist Lori Berenson and ordered on Wednesday that she be captured and sent back to prison to finish the last…

American apologizes for aiding rebels in Peru (AP)

August 16th, 2010

U.S. activist Lori Berenson attends her hearing at court in Lima, Peru, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. Berenson, from New York, addressed a criminal appeals court as prosecutors called for her parole to be revoked and for her to be sent back to prison to finish her 20-year sentence for aiding the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - American Lori Berenson apologized Monday for aiding leftist rebels and asked a Peruvian court to let her remain free on parole after serving 15 years of her 20-year…