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SIMS, Calvin
NEOYORQUINA SENTENCIADA A CADENA PERPETUA EN PERÚ
1996
The New York Times
ingles, english, lori berenson, justice, law,
Resumen:
| (Lima, Perú, 11 de enero) Lori Helene Berenson, de New York, fue declarada culpable de traición a la patria hoy por un tribunal secreto militar peruano, y condenada a cadena perpetua por ayudar a las guerrillas marxistas, las cuales, según los fiscales, planeaban tomar el Congreso peruano y capturar rehenes. |
| La largamente esperada sentencia fue anunciada por las autoridades militares y por su abogado, 6 semanas después de que Berenson fuera detenida en una operación policial antiterrorista, que condujo a la captura de otras 22 personas tras un tiroteo de toda una noche, en un suburbio de Lima. |
| Pero la sentencia fue una sorpresa, especialmente porque la fiscalía había solicitado una pena de prisión de 30 años, la pena mínima por la traición a la patria en el Perú, y refleja la ruda política del Gobierno hacia los insurgentes. |
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| PERU SENTENCES NEW YORKER TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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| LIMA, Peru, Jan. 11— Lori Helene Berenson of New York was convicted of treason today by a secret Peruvian military court and sentenced to life in prison for aiding Marxist guerrillas who prosecutors said were planning to seize the Peruvian Congress and take hostages. |
| The widely expected verdict was announced by the military authorities and by her lawyer six weeks after Ms. Berenson was arrested in an anti-terrorist police operation that also led to the capture of 22 other people after an all-night shootout in a Lima suburb. |
| But the sentence came as a surprise, especially since prosecutors had requested a 30-year prison term, the minimum penalty for treason in Peru, and reflects the Government's tough policy toward insurgents. |
| Ms. Berenson, who is being held in a detention center |
| The widely expected verdict was announced by the military authorities and by her lawyer six weeks after Ms. Berenson was arrested in an anti-terrorist police operation that also led to the capture of 22 other people after an all-night shootout in a Lima suburb. |
| But the sentence came as a surprise, especially since prosecutors had requested a 30-year prison term, the minimum penalty for treason in Peru, and reflects the Government's tough policy toward insurgents. |
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