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SIMS, Calvin
PERU SENTENCES NEW YORKER TO LIFE IN PRISON
1996
The New York Times
ingles, english, lori berenson, justicia, ley antiterrrorista
Resumen:
| 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. |
| Thos article has been translated to Spanish |
| TERRORISMO Y DEMOCRACIA: DOS DOCUMENTALES SEÑALAN EL EJEMPLO PERUANO |
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