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...land in Iquitos and check, O.K.?" And later: "Don't shoot! ˇNo mas! ˇNo mas!" An audiotape and State Department report released last week make clear that language barriers were a key factor in the mistaken shooting down of a U.S. plane by a Peruvian military jet in April, killing an American missionary, Veronica Bowers, and her daughter Charity. The CIA-contracted U.S. pilots, watching from a surveillance plane, repeatedly voiced concerns, but a Peruvian liaison official onboard, required to know English, did not understand. An intelligence official says the Peruvian had passed a required test in English...
It’s just after five o’clock on a Monday, and I’m in a room with 36 strangers watching a soccer match between the Colombian National team and their Peruvian counterparts...
...Colombian striker speeds past the slower Peruvian defender, and only the goalie stands between him and the goal. Uniformed library guards, bankers and—as in my case—students who have spent their afternoon researching eagerly rise in expectation of a can’t-miss goal...and groan loudly as the striker blows the shot...
...British novelist and politician, to four years in prison for perjury; in London. Archer, the best-selling author of Kane and Abel, had diaries forged to support his 1987 libel suit against the Star newspaper, which reported that he had sex with a prostitute. NATURALIZED. VICTOR ARITOMI, 64, former Peruvian envoy to Japan and brother-in-law of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, as a Japanese citizen; in Tokyo. Aritomi, who gave up Japanese citizenship 10 years ago, is now shielded from standing trial for allegedly helping Fujimori divert $15 million as a "golden parachute" payment to spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos. ELECTED...
...gunshot wounds and another 18 were injured. PERU Montesinos Nabbed Vladimiro Montesinos, ex-President Alberto Fujimori's intelligence boss, is now behind bars after an eight-month manhunt. He is being questioned on bribery, money laundering and murder charges. Venezuelan cops nabbed Montesinos in Caracas, a step ahead of Peruvian agents, who had been alerted to the hideout by the FBI. The ex-spymaster may have evidence linking Fujimori to murders of dissidents and guerrillas. Japan, where Fujimori has taken refuge, has refused to turn him over. Following Montesinos' capture, Peru recalled its ambassador to Tokyo...