American activist Berenson turns self in to Peru police
LIMA, Peru -- An American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels turned herself in to police on Wednesday after a court ordered her arrest and struck down a decision granting her parole.
Lori Berenson's husband and lawyer, Anibal Apari, said she had turned herself in to police after the decision by a criminal appeals court was announced. Apari spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Embassy.
Apari declined to say whether she had turned herself in inside the diplomatic mission, but police officers were seen entering the embassy compound.
"The only thing I can tell you is that Lori Berenson hasn't fled the country," he said. "Even though she disagrees with the court's decision, she has turned herself in."
"She's calm. She is a very strong women," Apari said. "She is going to return to jail with her baby."
The ruling by the three-judge panel of the criminal appeals court was announced two days after the 40-year-old New Yorker appeared at a hearing, apologizing for her crime and asking the court to uphold her parole. Berenson told the court on Monday that she regrets her actions and hoped to focus on raising on her 15-month-old son, Salvador.
She has served 15 years of a 20-year prison sentence for terrorist collaboration.
Berenson has acknowledged collaborating with the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, but said she was never a member of the group nor involved in violent acts.
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