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December 21, 2011

Lori Berenson Returns to U.S. From Peru 
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The once-imprisoned U.S. activist Lori Berenson arrived in the United
States on Tuesday for the first time since her 1995 arrest in Peru.
Berenson was allowed to leave Peru along with her two-year old son
Salvador to spend the holidays with her parents in New York City. She
was paroled last year after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence for
aiding the outlawed Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. After she
landed, Berenson declined to speak with reporters. Her mother, Rhoda
Berenson, made a brief statement.

Rhoda Berenson: "This is not a political time for us. This is a time for
family and friends. Everybody is excited about meeting Salvador, so he's
going to be front and center ... Salvador can mumble words in both
languages."



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