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Lori Berenson Prevented from Leaving Peru Despite Ruling to Allow for Trip Home

HeadlineDec 19, 2011

A dispute has broken out in Peru over whether the once-imprisoned U.S. activist Lori Berenson should be allowed to travel to New York City to spend the holidays with her family for the first time since her arrest in 1995. Last week, three judges granted her permission to take the trip, but on Friday she was prevented from boarding a flight.

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