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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fujimori had never seen much chance of resolving the standoff peacefully. From the beginning, last Dec. 17, when the rebels seized the embassy residence during a gala cocktail reception, Cerpa had demanded the release of 400 of his comrades who were locked in Peru's harsh prisons. That, Fujimori vowed, he would never agree to. He gave the negotiations a try, if only to mask preparations for the assault. He arranged the promise of safe passage to Cuba for the rebels if they wanted it and appointed Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani as a special negotiator. After the raid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW THEY DID IT | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...billion in bogus Republic of Texas financial documents. McLaren's wife, Evelyn, faces up to 155 years in jail and $5.2 million in fines for her role in the scam. The couple is currently sharing a jail cell in Marfa, about 30 miles from the site of the standoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shootout in Texas | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

FORT DAVIS, Texas: Police got their first break in a five-day standoff Friday when one Republic of Texas member emerged from their ramshackle trailer, raising hopes that a peaceful end may be near. Robert Scheidt, the group's "captain of the embassy guard," abruptly walked out on the others still holed up in the home of leader Richard McLaren. "I had to get out of there. I couldn't stand it anymore," Scheidt reportedly told a state trooper. Scheidt was released Monday from police custody, where he was being held on a weapons violation, and traded for the couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I Couldn?t Stand It Anymore" | 5/2/1997 | See Source »

FORT DAVIS, Texas: Two armored personnel carriers and a 15-member SWAT team have arrived at the Davis Mountains community where the standoff with the Republic of Texas faction continues. Timothy O'Rourke, a lawyer retained by "Ambassador" Richard McLaren, said that faction members are heavily armed and prepared to fight to the death if agents try to serve six warrants issued over Sunday's kidnapping of community residents Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe. McLaren was reportedly "very cooperative" in telephone negotiations with state agents and the FBI, talking about everything from the weather to political philosophy. Later, he issued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Stand-Off Continues | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

...calls himself the group's ambassador and an unknown number of others remain inside the development of tiny 1 to 5 acre 'ranchettes' in mountains 175 miles southeast of El Paso along with some 150 residents. Warrants are being drafted for at least three members who started the standoff on Sunday when they allegedly took Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe hostage. The couple was freed early Monday after police met the group's demand to release Robert Jonathan Scheidt, their security chief who had been jailed on a weapons charge. McLaren is negotiating with state and federal officials from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Stand-Off | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

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