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Prison Breakout in Peru

Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Crime/Demographics, Escapes, Prisoners-International

Prison Breakout in Peru by On March 27, 1993, some 70 prisoners from the Cuzco jail in the Southern Andes of Peru escaped after at least 20 presumed members of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) destroyed a back wall by exploding a vehicle loaded with explosives, according to a …

Peruvian Political Prisoners Mistreated

Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International

Peruvian Political Prisoners Mistreated by Paul Wright In past issues of PLN we have reported on events in Peru affecting the political prisoners of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP). In May of 1992 the Peruvian government stormed the Canto Grande maximum security prison killing and wounding dozens of PCP …

Prisoners Support Guzman Defense

Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993

Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, Prisoners-International

Prisoners Support Guzman Defense by Jaan Laaman After the capture of Abimael Guzman, some friends of the Peruvian revolution contacted us and informed us of the worldwide effort to protect his life. A few revolutionaries here in Leavanworth federal penitentiary then got together to figure out what we could do. …

Committee Formed to Defend Abimael Guzman

Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992

Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, Prisoners-International

Committee Formed to Defend Abimael Guzman by Abimael Guzman (also known as Chairman Gonzalo), the leader of the Communist Party of Peru, was captured by Peruvian government troops on September 14, 1992, in Lima, Peru. Mr. Guzman had been sought by government troops since 1980, when the PCP initiated the …

Peruvian Prisoners Massacred

Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners-International

Peruvian Prisoners Massacred by Paul Wright On May 5, 1992, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori staged a coup with backing from the Peruvian military which suspended that countries parliament, constitution, writ of habeas corpus and other legal provisions. The reasons he gave for the coup were that he needed greater freedom …

Criticism of Peru Articles

Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992

Filed under: Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Gay/Lesbian, Prisoners-International

Criticism of Peru Articles by Iam a Native American transsexual incarcerated in Pelican Bay SMU. I am a jailhouse lawyer and paralegal student, and learned of PLN through fellow jailhouse lawyers here. Thank you for your free subscription as a control unit prisoner. I myself pass the newsletter around to …

People's War in Peru

Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992

Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, Prisoners-International

People's War in Peru by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In 1980 the Communist Party of Peru (PCP, also known in the media as Sendero Luminoso or Shining Path) launched a popular war of liberation in Peru. The PCP is Maoist in orientation and receives no outside support from any …

Some Peruvian Prisoners Released

Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991

Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, Prisoners-International

Some Peruvian Prisoners Released by Prisons in Peru are so overcrowded and under financed that two prisoners a day are dying at Lurigancho prison (where 5,900 are housed). As a result of these conditions, prisoners went on a hunger strike for better conditions. The result of this strike was a …