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Lori Berenson

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1990s
State:New York
Support
Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

U.S. activist arrested in Lima, Peru in 1995 and convicted by a hooded military tribunal of treason for alleged collaboration with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). After international pressure, her conviction was overturned and she was retried in civilian court in 2001 on the lesser charge of collaboration with terrorism, receiving a 20-year sentence. Granted parole in 2010; completed her sentence and returned to the United States in December 2015.

Case

Various Peruvian prisons
Charges: Treason (1996, military tribunal — overturned); collaboration with terrorism (2001 civilian retrial).
Arrested: Nov 30, 1995
Released: Dec 3, 2015
Sentence: 20 years; paroled 2010, sentence completed 2015.
Institution State: Peru