Parole Revoked, U.S. Activist Ordered Back To Prison

August 19 2010

Peru

A Peruvian court has revoked the parole of an American activist imprisoned in the 1990s for aiding a Marxist revolutionary group, the New York Times reports.

Lori Berenson, a 40-year-old New Yorker, turned herself in after the order, said U.S. officials.

After serving almost 15 years of a 20-year sentence, Berenson was released on parole in May for good behavior. She had a son in prison last year.

The court said it voided the parole because she had not promptly notified...

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