PRISONERS RELEASED
Lima
The "Tapac Amaru" case can be considered closed although it will remain in the record as an example of the injustice prevailing in Peru under the rule of the oligarchy and their imperialist backers in the United States.
In July the revolutionists involved, who were charged with holding up a bank to get funds for the guerrilla movement, were tried and found guilty. A nunber of them were immediately released.
No leniency was involved in this. They had already been held in prison since 1962. Thus they had served five years before they were ever brought to court.
Others were given sentences of
seven years. Since they, too, had already
served five years they were eligible for
release.
In September the last of the pris-
oners associated only with "Taipac Amaru,"
the name of their organization, were
freed, including Daniel Pereyra, the main
leader. He has returned to his native land,
Argentina.
Three figures brought into court
last July, Adalberto Fonken, Eduardo Juan
Creus, and Pedro Candela, were also sen-
tenced. Creus and Candela were already
serving sentences imposed in relationship
with the Hugo Blanco case. Fonkén was be-
ing held for still another alleged offense.
The sentences were thus added to those al-
ready imposed on then.