American terrorist

It could not have gone another way. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ratified the sentence issued by a Peruvian civil court for the American terrorist Lori Berenson, and recognized Peru did not violate human rights by trying and sentencing her for terrorism.

What is absolutely clear is that the judgment in the civil trial was proper and guaranteed due process, which corrected the errors and excesses of the faceless military court tribunals.

This ruling, which must be seen as a triumph of the state's rule of law, closes as well the pretense of others accused of subversion from resorting to international courts to obtain their liberation. This case must make us remember that it was the terrorist groups like the Shining Path and the MRTA that initiated the reprehensible genocidal massacre, with no regard whatsoever for the human rights of every Peruvian. -- El Comercio, Lima, Peru