Lucas Cachay's return to Peru and his application of the repentance law
Lucas Cachay returned to Peru in September 1994 after being in asylum in Brazil since approximately 1993. Upon his return, he took advantage of the law of repentance on the recommendation of a businessman friend and lawyer.
Lucas Cachay, who had been in asylum in Brazil from approximately 1993 to 1994, returned to Peru in September 1994. Upon his return, he took advantage of the law of repentance on the recommendation of a businessman friend and lawyer named Carlos Gonzales. Cachay had been an important leader of FEDIP-SM and political leader of MRTA, who had to take refuge outside the country due to the Army's persecution of FEDIP-SM leaders starting in 1992.