Jailed U.S. citizen Lori Berenson gives birth to baby boy

Lori Berenson, a New York native imprisoned in Peru for collaborating with leftist Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) guerrillas, gave birth by cesarean section to a baby boy on Wednesday. The boy, delivered by c-section because of Berenson’s degenerative arthritis of the spine, was named Salvador Anespori Apari Berenson and will have dual U.S. and [...]

OPINION: The Innocence of the Guilty

By José Luis Mejía All politicians are guilty, or almost all of them. If they were judged by a court made up of good men (in the true sense of the word) –as the Spanish poet Antonio Machado would say—nine out of ten would land up, bones and crimes, in jail. Power corrupts and few [...]

Congress approves modified version of law to fight organized crime

Congress approved a modified version of legislative decree 992, or the Lost Domain Law, yesterday that will allow authorities to seize the goods of people who are accused of crimes related to drug trafficking, kidnapping, extorsion and money laundering, among others. The legislation was approved with 74 votes in favor, five against and 16 absent [...]