One year ago today, fourteen rebels of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) stormed a Christmas party at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Lima, Peru, and held hostage more than 500 top Peruvian government and foreign officials. Four months later, commandos attacked the residence, releasing 71 hostages and killing all the MRTA rebels. One Peruvian Supreme Court judge was also killed.
Guest:
- Javier Diaz Canseco, a former hostage in the Japanese Embassy residence and an opposition Peruvian Congressmember with the United Left block.
Related Story
StoryJan 11, 2023Peru: Death Toll Tops 40 as Security Forces Crack Down on Protests over President Castillo’s OusterThe original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.
Top
Media Options