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Subscribe to RSSLori Berenson has returned to Peru from a holiday trip to New York well ahead of the court-set deadline for the American convicted of aiding leftist Peruvian rebels in the 1990s, her lawyer said Friday.
Berenson, 42, arrived Thursday night with her 2-year-old son, Salvador, said Anibal Apari, her attorney and the child's father.
Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters
U.S. citizen Lori Berenson declines to speak to the media as she arrives at her house in Lima, January 6.
"She's at home now and is returning to a normal life," Apari told The Associated Press. He and Berenson met in prison and are amicably separated.
A court decision allowing Berenson to visit family in New York stirred controversy in Peru, including the objection of President Ollanta Humala.
Berenson told the AP when she left with Salvador on Dec. 19 that she had every intention of abiding by the court's decision that she must return by Jan. 11.
The 17-day trip was her first outside the country since her 1995 arrest.
Berenson was paroled in 2010 after serving 15 years for acting as an accomplice to terrorism by aiding the Tupac Amaru rebel group.
The former Massachusetts Institute of Technology student, whose parents are college professors, is not permitted to leave Peru permanently until her sentence ends in 2015.
Berenson has acknowledged helping the rebel group rent a safe house where authorities seized a cache of weapons after a shootout with the group. She insists she didn't know guns were stored there and says she never joined the rebels.
The December decision by a three-judge appeals court to allow Berenson to travel overturned a lower court ruling and prompted an outcry among many Peruvians.
"I can't help but show my annoyance, my disappointment at this situation, in which terrorists are being allowed to leave the country while still on parole," Humala said while Berenson was abroad.
Peru's Congress unanimously approved legislation Wednesday night prohibiting courts from allowing trips outside the country for parolees convicted of terrorism.
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She's not a criminal......leave her alone.....
PUT DOWN THE PIPE.... AND ALLOW ME TO EDUCATE YOU ! ! !
You are 50% correct. She is not a "Criminal"
the "other 50%" has two (2) parts:
You are 50% WRONG. She is a "CONVICTED CRIMINAL"
You are 50% WRONG. She is a "CONVICTED TERRORIST"
It is also a "Miracle of Yahweh" that she has a kid....this "Pillar of Human Fecal Matter" has got to be one of the UGLIEST JEWISH WOMAN Ive ever seen.
So, unless I am missing something, there was, nor has ever been, any real solid evidence that she is a terrorist?
yes there was.....
it was called.....
A TRIAL IN PERU, WHERE SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY
It's simply the right thing to do- for friends, or for foes.
Piracy is a crime against all peoples, all nations. Their victims are human beings and deserve our help regardless of flag and faith.
Are you sure you are commenting on the right article Sigurd Rohwedder?
SHE IS A CONVICTED TERRORIST ! ! !
- She ADMITTED HER INVOLVEMENT with the Terrorist Group
- There are H-H-HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS of her at Rebel activities, and in their Training Camp.
- OVER T-T-T-TWENTY REBELS admitted her involvement in the organization.
- She was quoted in MULTIPLE NEWSPAPERS in her INVOLVEMENT and SUPPORT for the Group.
In closing,
this "PIECE OF FECAL MATTER" was convicted by a court of law .... She was convicted by OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE....MOST OF WHICH CAME FROM HER OWN STATEMENTS ! ! ! !
Im wondering, if you are truly allergic to stupid people, wouldn't you be facing allergies every second of every day?
Point is, there are stupid people in the world. DEAL WITH IT. I asked a question, which is saying that I was curious about the topic and wanted to know what I was talking about. I never said anything like it was fact. Thank you for answering my question, but in the future please do try not to be so rude.
Stay the fff-uh heck out of the third world.Don't breed there. I would love for you to be caught again.We wouldn't lift a damn finger idiot