so, this was a lot in the news a few months ago.
i watched a loooong report on tv a few days ago...
she was found guilty on her second trial too.
the first, like 9 years ago, was nuled because of undue process and the use of a military court.
whats you guys opinion on the matter?
The MIT girl, who wandered in el salvador where she joined a communist revolutionary group. then went to peru to be a "freelance reporter" where she joined the Marxist group Tupac Amaru, infamous for their attack on the Japanese embassy in Lima. Lori rented "La Molina", the 3-floor house where the group leaders stayed and kept their ammunition and military grade guns for 9 months until her arrest.
Using her American citizenship and press credentials, she went inside the building of the Peruvian Congress to obtain information on the layout for a future attack.
Lori was arrested in a bus while travelling with the wife of Nestor Cerpa, the leader of Tupac Amaru. Her arrest, along with the discovery of handwritten maps of the Peruvian Congress building forced the Tupac Amaru to change plans and hit the Japanese embassy instead. (Unfortunately, the police discovered only 2 numbers in her beeper and could not prevent the terrorist attack - It is very curious why Lori would carry a BEEPER with her in Lima, in the early '90s.) One of the first demands that Tupac Amaru had in order to free the hostages on the Japanese embassy was the release of Lori Berenson along with about 20 other imprisoned terrorists.
The prison conditions where Lori is held are primitive compared to the luxury offered in US prisons but are similar to most other countries. Trial procedures vary considerably. In Peru, judges who preside on terrorist trials have to be hooded to escape assasinations by terrorist groups like those against judges in Italy and Germany.
The American government has not intervened on Lori's behalf because as it has been widely reported in the news, they have undisputable information that Lori Berenson was indeed participating in terrorist activities in Latin America. (Tupac Amaru along with the Shining Path have been designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" by the U.S. Secretary of State in October 1997. Their terrorist activities caused the death of 30,000 Peruvians, left hundred of thousands orphaned or homeless and destroyed public and private property estimated at US$ 25 billion. They were responsible for continual assassinations, bombings, kidnappings, extortion, robberies and attacks.) Furthermore, when Lori is released could face charges in the US that she violated the Logan Act that prohibits US citizens from interfering with foreign government activities in their countries, without permission from the US government. Credible media - Wall Street Journal, Village Voice, CBS etc- looked into Lori's case and found strong evidence that proved her guilt.
a site by her parents advocating her liberation
http://www.freelori.org/
an old article from the wall street journal, from before her new trial that makes a good point
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/tvaradarajan/?id=65000350
i watched a loooong report on tv a few days ago...
she was found guilty on her second trial too.
the first, like 9 years ago, was nuled because of undue process and the use of a military court.
whats you guys opinion on the matter?
The MIT girl, who wandered in el salvador where she joined a communist revolutionary group. then went to peru to be a "freelance reporter" where she joined the Marxist group Tupac Amaru, infamous for their attack on the Japanese embassy in Lima. Lori rented "La Molina", the 3-floor house where the group leaders stayed and kept their ammunition and military grade guns for 9 months until her arrest.
Using her American citizenship and press credentials, she went inside the building of the Peruvian Congress to obtain information on the layout for a future attack.
Lori was arrested in a bus while travelling with the wife of Nestor Cerpa, the leader of Tupac Amaru. Her arrest, along with the discovery of handwritten maps of the Peruvian Congress building forced the Tupac Amaru to change plans and hit the Japanese embassy instead. (Unfortunately, the police discovered only 2 numbers in her beeper and could not prevent the terrorist attack - It is very curious why Lori would carry a BEEPER with her in Lima, in the early '90s.) One of the first demands that Tupac Amaru had in order to free the hostages on the Japanese embassy was the release of Lori Berenson along with about 20 other imprisoned terrorists.
The prison conditions where Lori is held are primitive compared to the luxury offered in US prisons but are similar to most other countries. Trial procedures vary considerably. In Peru, judges who preside on terrorist trials have to be hooded to escape assasinations by terrorist groups like those against judges in Italy and Germany.
The American government has not intervened on Lori's behalf because as it has been widely reported in the news, they have undisputable information that Lori Berenson was indeed participating in terrorist activities in Latin America. (Tupac Amaru along with the Shining Path have been designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" by the U.S. Secretary of State in October 1997. Their terrorist activities caused the death of 30,000 Peruvians, left hundred of thousands orphaned or homeless and destroyed public and private property estimated at US$ 25 billion. They were responsible for continual assassinations, bombings, kidnappings, extortion, robberies and attacks.) Furthermore, when Lori is released could face charges in the US that she violated the Logan Act that prohibits US citizens from interfering with foreign government activities in their countries, without permission from the US government. Credible media - Wall Street Journal, Village Voice, CBS etc- looked into Lori's case and found strong evidence that proved her guilt.
a site by her parents advocating her liberation
http://www.freelori.org/
an old article from the wall street journal, from before her new trial that makes a good point
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/tvaradarajan/?id=65000350
