PERU: Lori Berenson: Scorned And In Limbo In Lima.

NYTIMES/ SIMON ROMERO/ INTERVIEW and PROFILE/

     After almost 15 years in prison, Lori  Berenson, 41, reflects on her old and new life from the fifth-floor walk-up where she lives in Lima.

    “People were on the street screaming that I was a child killer and things like that,” Lori Berenson said.

   “The other day someone came up to me and said, ‘You are damned, and he is doomed. You’re going to suffer your entire life, and he’ll make you suffer more.’ ” she said. “I totally understand that people feel a strong rejection to someone who represents terrorism. The problem is, I may not be the person they paint me to be, and they’ll never know that.”
       “I certainly am saddened, and I’m sorry that I have been part of something that was considered so damaging,” she said about her ties to M.R.T.A. “My participation has been collaborating. You know, I rented a house. I shared ideological things,” claiming she never had plans to participate in violence.

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