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Japanese embassy hostage crisis



On 3 February 2003, APRODEH, on behalf of MRTA family members, filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the Peruvian state, alleging that Peru violated certain rights recognized in the American Convention on Human Rights to the detriment of MRTA members Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez, David Peceros Pedraza and Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva, by detaining them and then summarily executing them. The Commission determined the petition was admissible.

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Chronology

  • December 17 1996: MRTA members take the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Peru with more than 600 hostages. They soon release about half of the hostages.
  • December 20 (day 3): Another 38 hostages are released.
  • December 21 (day 4): Fujimori declares that there will be no talks.
  • December 22 (day 5): 255 hostages are released.
  • December 26 (day 9): An explosion is heard in the residence. Police say that an animal detonated a mine.
  • December 28 (day11): 20 hostages released.
  • December 31 (day14): A group of reporters are allowed into the mansion.
  • January 21 (day 35): Police and MRTA members exchange shots.
  • March 2 (day 75): MRTA members refuse asylum to Cuba and Dominican Republic
  • April 22 (day 126): Peruvian special forces storm the residence. One hostage, two commandos and all 14 MRTA members die.

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Notes

  1. ^ Peru state attorney seeks Fujimori murder charges, CNN, March 9, 2001. Accessed online 10 April 2007 on the site of latinamericanstudies.org.
  2. ^ (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E6D71631F935A15757C0A961958260
  3. ^ http://www.emergency.com/peruhos3.htm).
  4. ^ Andrew Reding, Peru's Fujimori -- A Latin American Pinochet with an Asian Face, Pacific News Service / Jinn Magazine, January 30, 1997. Accessed 23 February 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d Steve Macko, Day 3 of the Peru Hostage Crisis, EmergencyNet News Service (ENN), December 19, 1996. Accessed 23 February 2006.
  6. ^ Christopher B. Johnstone, Hostage Crisis Brings Attention to Japan's Economic Presence in Peru, originally at http://www.jei.org/Archive/JEIR97/9701w4.html in Japan Economic Institute Weekly Review, No. 1 — January 10, 1997. Archived on Internet Archive, retrieved Mar 27, 2005.
  7. ^ Jon Miller, Peruvian Hostage Crisis, February 7, 1997. Online forum from PBS NewsHour. Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  8. ^ Adolfo Olaechea, Imperial Surrealism, Maoist Sojourner, February 10, 1997. Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  9. ^ Cited in Peru's Embassy Massacre, Revolutionary Worker #905, May 4, 1997. Accessed 23 Feb 2006. The original NYT article is Calvin Sims, "Peru Officials Admit to Plan for Commando Raid on Embassy", New York Times. February 17, 1997, p. 3.
  10. ^ a b Peru's Embassy Massacre, Revolutionary Worker #905, May 4, 1997.
  11. ^ a b Calvin Sims, Sheryl WuDunn, et al., "Talks Go in Circles, And Raid Is Readied", New York Times, April 26, 1997. p. 6.
  12. ^ Peruvian President shows model of Japanese residence, BBC, 11 December 1997. Accessed 24 Feb 2006.
  13. ^ a b Defense Intelligence Agency. Intelligence Information Report. "IIR [REDACTED] COMMANDO EXECUTION OF MRTA HOSTAGE TAKERS AND 'TAKE NO PRISONERS' ORDER." June 10, 1997. Online at the website of the National Security Archive here.
  14. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/22/newsid_4297000/4297347.stm 1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru], BBC "On this day: 22 April". Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  15. ^ a b John Catalinotto, After the Bloodbath, the Truth is Revealed. Workers World, 8 May 1997. Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  16. ^ Jude Webber, Fujimori murder charges. Datelined "LIMA, Peru, March 9 (Reuters)", no year specified. Reproduced on what appears to be at least a semi-official MRTA site. Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  17. ^ a b c d http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/peru/popularity.htm Peru Ex - Leader's Popularity Falls], The Associated Press April 2, 2001. Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  18. ^ a b c Eduardo Nicolas Cruz Sanchez et. Al., Report Nº 13/04, Peru Petition 136/03 Admissibility, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, February 27, 2004. Accessed 24 Feb 2006.
  19. ^ Cited in John Catalinotto, After the Bloodbath, the Truth is Revealed. Workers World, 8 May 1997. Accessed 23 Feb 2006.
  20. ^ Reuters story, Presidentes andinos apoyan a Perú, undated. Accessed 5 March 2006.
  21. ^ Roberto Candia, Reacciones de apoyo en Chile, Diario Electrónico de Copesa. Undated. Accessed 5 March 2006.
  22. ^ Clifford Krauss, "Rescue's Architect: Fujimori's Shadowy Alter Ego; An intelligence chief goes from political peril to 'man of the hour.'", New York Times April 28, 1997. p. A6.
  23. ^ Nuevos testimonios confirman que "Tito" estaba vivo ("New testimonies confirm that 'Tito' was alive"), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos, Peru, 19 May 2002. Accessed 25 Feb 2006.
  24. ^ a b Peru state attorney seeks Fujimori murder charges, CNN, March 9, 2001. Accessed 25 Feb 2006.
  25. ^ Peru: Amnesty for Embassy Siege Killings Unacceptable, Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos, Peru, 17 May 2002. Accessed 25 Feb 2006.
  26. ^ World Report 2003, Peru, Human Rights Watch. Accessed 25 Feb 2006.

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Literary works

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett is a novel loosely based on the events of the crisis.

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See also

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External links




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