NEOYORQUINA SENTENCIADA A CADENA PERPETUA EN PERÚ

(Lima, Perú, 11 de enero) Lori Helene Berenson, de New York, fue declarada culpable de traición a la patria hoy por un tribunal secreto militar peruano, y condenada a cadena perpetua por ayudar a las guerrillas marxistas, las cuales, según los fiscales, planeaban tomar el Congreso peruano y capturar rehenes. La largamente esperada sentencia fue anunciada por las autoridades militares y por su abogado, 6 semanas después de que Berenson fuera detenida en una operación policial antiterrorista, que condujo a la captura de otras 22 personas tras un tiroteo de toda una noche, en un suburbio de Lima. Pero la sentencia fue una sorpresa, especialmente porque la fiscalía había solicitado una pena de prisión de 30 años, la pena mínima por la traición a la patria en el Perú, y refleja la ruda política del Gobierno hacia los insurgentes. Este articulo es la traducción de PERU SENTENCES NEW YORKER TO LIFE IN PRISON LIMA, Peru, Jan. 11— Lori Helene Berenson of New York was convicted of treason today by a secret Peruvian military court and sentenced to life in prison for aiding Marxist guerrillas who prosecutors said were planning to seize the Peruvian Congress and take hostages. The widely expected verdict was announced by the military authorities and by her lawyer six weeks after Ms. Berenson was arrested in an anti-terrorist police operation that also led to the capture of 22 other people after an all-night shootout in a Lima suburb. But the sentence came as a surprise, especially since prosecutors had requested a 30-year prison term, the minimum penalty for treason in Peru, and reflects the Government's tough policy toward insurgents. Ms. Berenson, who is being held in a detention center The widely expected verdict was announced by the military authorities and by her lawyer six weeks after Ms. Berenson was arrested in an anti-terrorist police operation that also led to the capture of 22 other people after an all-night shootout in a Lima suburb. But the sentence came as a surprise, especially since prosecutors had requested a 30-year prison term, the minimum penalty for treason in Peru, and reflects the Government's tough policy toward insurgents.