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| Lori Berenson’s Fiance a Peruvian Ex-Con |
| 2003-09-20 |
| Must be true love if you find it in a Peruvian prison. LIMA, Peru (AP) - The fiance of imprisoned American Lori Berenson was a member of the same leftist rebel group she was linked to and the pair met while they were both serving time ``After a long correspondence and a deepening commitment, Lori and Anibal Apari knew they wanted very much to The relationship was revealed this week, but there were few details about Apari. The Web site said the 40-year-old prospective groom was released from prison in June after serving 12 years of a 15-year sentence for involvement with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. A Castro-inspired group. Berenson, 33, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and New York resident, was sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for allegedly helping lead a foiled plot by the Tupac Amaru group to attack Peru’s Congress. I just never found her defense -- that she was living in the house where the Tupas lived but didn’t know a thing about all those guns -- all that convincing for an MIT student. Her original sentence was overturned in 2000 and she was retried in a civilian court the following year. Found guilty on lesser charges of ``terrorist collaboration,’’ Berenson is now serving a 20-year sentence in a prison near Cajamarca, some 350 miles north of Lima. She and Apari met in a different prison. Apari is now on probation in Lima and plans to resume his sidetracked law studies next semester. Yessh, he’ll now defend the system he tried to overthrow. He said in an interview with local Channel 4 television that he is looking forward to the possible wedding and building on a relationship that ``until now has basically been based on letter writing.’’ She’ll only be 55 or so when she gets out. You can wait! Prison authorities have yet to approve the union. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Slightly off topic but: Do you guys recall when Fujimori's troops tunneled under the embassy and killed those hostage taking guerillas who had been playing soccer in a hallway? My buddy said: "Great goalkeeper! He stopped five shots in two seconds!" |
| Posted by: JDB 2003-9-20 6:06:05 PM |
| #6 the bitch was caught carrying plans (maps) for an attack. When she had a chance for a defense speech she gave a Rachel-Corrie like |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-20 12:10:39 PM |
| #5 NMM - Oops! Brought your dull box cutter to a gunfight... again. Better run back to IndyMedia to see if they have any clever retorts against actual knowledge. Typically, you're out of date and in over your head. For you, since you're often too lazy to become informed before spouting someone else's shopworn tripe, it only takes a small puddle. Thx, TT for providing some sorely-needed perspective for the story (it's smarmy and pointless, IMO) - and Fujimori! He is a puzzling character because so much is missing from the public story about him and the underlying reasons for his decisions and actions - any insight is appreciated. Thx! |
| Posted by: .com 2003-9-20 11:24:40 AM |
| #4 Who says the Peru's government is fascist, NMM?! Toledo is dull fool but he's not a fascist. He leans to the left but thankfully he doesn't seem to be a Chavez clone. Berenson got a fair civilian re-trial and they convicted her ass just the same. She was clearly guilty as sin. She was a lefty activist, former Sandanista operative living in downtown Lima renting her apartment to Tupac Amaru guerilla plotting to attack the parliament. Sure she's just an innocent sub-leasor. No way she coulda known about the weapons and plans upstairs. Fujimori had some fascist tendencies. But he wiped out the the terrorists like Tupac and the Shinning Path and created a brief period of stability and development - turned Lima from something like Beruit into something closer to Miami. My Peruvian freinds think he is the messiah and pray that one day he'll return. They're mistaken because he did grow corrupt and tried to alter the constitution and fix the election. He wanted to be El Presidente for life. The fact that his attempt failed and he was run out of the country (currently exiled in Japan, his parent's country) the shadowy Montesinos arrested shows that Peruvian democracy is pretty robust. Peru does have a democratic government - no thanks at all to people like Lori Berenson and her future husband. |
| Posted by: Tokyo Taro 2003-9-20 9:18:58 AM |
| #3 NMM, why do you retroactively comment on posts from the day before? Have to get the last word in? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-20 2:55:15 AM |
| #2 And now he's an American citizen, entitled to live off the fat of the land while little miss not-so-bright rots in the Peruvian stripey hole. America needs more revolutionary lawyers, yes sir... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-20 2:42:50 AM |
| #1 And we all know that Peru has a |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-9-20 2:22:59 AM |