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NESTOR CERPA
Néstor Cerpa Cartolini inside the residence of Japanese Ambassador Morihisa Aoki during a press conference held on December 31, 1996. He is flanked by two of the 13 MRTA members who, under his command, seized the building on December 17. On that occasion Cerpa stated that his main objective was the release of 458 imprisoned MRTA members in exchange for the freedom of the 72 hostages he held.