Peru court revokes parole for US 'rebel' Lori Berenson

[alp227]

Source: BBC News

A court in Peru has revoked parole for an American woman who was imprisoned for aiding a left-wing rebel group.

Judges ordered that Lori Berenson be arrested and sent back to prison to finish the last five years of her 20-year sentence. She was freed in May.

On Monday, Ms Berenson apologised for collaborating with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and asked judges to let her stay out of jail.

But she denied ever having participated in any "violent or bloody acts".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11018049

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Oh no.

[Lost4words]

2. This really sucks! She kissed their ring, she did everything correct!

this reaks of polotical posturing. What a waste,......

[mitchtv]

3. how did her parents not smuggle her the fuck out of there?

Peruvian jails are bad, believe me , I 've seen the inside

[Judi Lynn]

4. She has turned herself in. Here's a short but sweet newsbit:

Aug. 18, 2010
Lawyer Says American Lori Berenson Has Turned Self In To Police After A Court Ordered Arrest

(AP) LIMA, Peru (AP) - Lawyer says American Lori Berenson has turned self in to police after a court ordered arrest.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/18/ap/latinamerica/main6784643.shtml

Why on earth did they turn her loose, put her through this, only to throw her right back in prison? She committed no crimes after release. This seems so nasty.

Apparently it was the right-wing anger which lowered the administration's poll ratings, and Alan Garcia is scrapping the bottom already, just like _{George W. Bush.}
If he had ever been a decent man, and President, committed fewer massacres, been cleaner, the public wouldn't have turned against him like this and Lori Berenson would still be free after her original release.

[elleng]

5. Peruvian Court Revokes Berenson’s Parole.

Source: nyt

The Peruvian court issuing the parole revocation said it based its ruling on a failure by other legal authorities to verify addresses in Lima that Ms. Berenson had provided them.

Beyond that, it was clear that broad resentment over the release of Ms. Berenson, who is widely viewed in Peru as a symbol of insurgencies against which officials waged a two-decade struggle that cost nearly 70,000 lives, influenced their decision.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/world/americas/19berenson.html?_r=1&hp

[David__77]

6. There should be a general amnesty for the good of Peru.

That includes both Fujimori and Abimael Guzman.

[davidinalameda]

8. you must really hate the people of Peru

to want these people running free

[David__77]

9. I love Peru and its people.

Though I do think the MRTA engaged in some misguided actions. Same with the Communist Party of Peru. Nothing, however, justified the genocidal actions of the Peruvian military.

[davidinalameda]

10. misguided?

how many people have to die before it goes beyond "misguided"

[David__77]

11. There is just war and unjust war.

Death in the abstract isn't the question. The US killed an awful lot of German civilians in World War 2, but I do not see this as somehow morally equivalent to the deaths inflicted by the German army.

I think that the guerrillas in Peru, most of whom were poor farmers and tribals, were fundamentally exerting their right to wield political power. That said, in many cases, crimes were committed, like the Lucanamarca incident, while in other cases, serious abuses were perpetrated in the name of their cause. Peru would be a better place had the war turned out differently, with a peace agreement and general amnesty, as in fact proposed by the so-called "Shining Path."

[davidinalameda]

12. of course the criminals want a general amnesty

that's just a given

[David__77]

13. Criminals according to which law?

The pre-1993 constitution? The one under which it is unlikely that Abimael Guzman would be in prison today? Or the constitution of the fascist coup maker Fujimori, implemented after he overthrew the republic? Or even the laws implemented by the Shining Path or MRTA in the villages in which they ruled?

[davidinalameda]

14. oh I don't know

I'd say that most people think that massacring entire villages is a criminal act

[David__77]

15. Then the Peruvian army is a criminal organization, as well as the Communist Party?

Both sides conducted mass killings, that is for sure. La Cantuta, Lucanamarca.

[davidinalameda]

7. one less terrorist running free in the world

this is a good thing