Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:28:01 -0800
Subject: Re: M-G: Interview With The MRTA - December 19, 1996


Greetings Rolf; 

Yes, this Lima situation is very weird indeed.  Some other
things that don't quite up are; the "rebels" released 
Fujimori's MOTHER and SISTER (by mistake, supposedly); they
had rented the house next door and tunneled over to the Japanese
compound (considering that the ambassadors house held over 500 
people, it must be a  really ritzy neighborhood.  The Tupac
business must pay pretty well to rent in that district) and also
the Lima Japanese establishments have the most tightest security
measures of any other Japanese diplomatic joints in the world, and
there was even more special security that night for the party, but
a handful of people were able to capture probably all the famous
and important persons in all of Lima in one fell swoop. As I 
wrote privately to Amy, the most fantastic thing about this is
that someone would actually believe that such an adventure would
have even a snowball's chance in hell of success.  I don't think
Fujimori is personally behind this scheme as it is going to
destroy the image he has been trying to create of Peru as a safe
place for foreign investors, especially Japanese businessfolk.
Already Peruvian stocks have crashed.

Here is a post from Arm the Spirit, they have set up a web site
for people to monitor the hold-off in Lima.  -Jay / Detroit

On Thu, 19 Dec 96, Arm The Spirit <ats-AT-locust.cic.net> wrote:
>Dear friends and comrades,
>
>In order to provide updated news on the standoff in Peru, as well as
>accurate information about the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
>(MRTA), we have set up a web page about the crisis. Visit it at:
>
>	http://burn.ucsd.edu/~ats/mrta.htm
>
>The page includes a link to a Spanish-language MRTA page in Europe, a
>recent interview with the MRTA given after the standoff began,
>background articles on the MRTA, as well as mainstream news on the
>standoff.
>
>Freedom For All Political Prisoners!
>
>Arm The Spirit - December 19, 1996
>=======================================On Wed, 18 Dec 96, Arm The Spirit <ats-AT-locust.cic.net> wrote:
>Guerrillas Hit Blind Spot In Tight Security 
>
>Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday they were
>shocked that guerrillas had been able to enter the residence
>of the Japanese ambassador in Peru despite the fact that
>their Lima establishments had some of the tightest security
>measures of any Japanese diplomatic buildings in the world. 
>
>"We cannot say that every precaution was taken as such an
>incident occurred," Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda said in
>a news conference. 
>
>With the rise in guerrilla activity in Lima after 1990, including
>a bomb attack on the Japanese Embassy, the ministry beefed
>up security at their embassy and ambassador's residence. 
>
>The number of security guards at the residence was
>increased from two or three to six and they were deployed
>on a round-the-clock basis. In addition, three guards,
>including employees of the Defense Agency, were
>dispatched to patrol the embassy and the ambassador's
>residence. 
>
>The security arrangements were also boosted by the
>cooperation of the local police force, which supplied two
>police cars and four officers to patrol the area near the
>residence. 
>
>A bodyguard was also assigned to protect Ambassador
>Morihisa Aoki.
>
>(Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun, http://www.yomiurui.co.jp)
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