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LIMA, Peru (AP) - The leader of a Cuban-inspired guerrilla group that grabbed the world's attention nearly 10 years ago with a takeover of the Japanese ambassador's residence was sentenced to 32 years in prison in a civilian retrial.
Victor Polay, 54, stood with his hands clasped in front of his waist as the verdict was read by a court clerk late Tuesday at the end of a 3 1/3-hour court session broadcast live on state-run television. With time served, he is scheduled for release in 2023.
Polay and nearly a dozen other top leaders of the Tupac Amaru Rebel movement had faced 20 years to life for some 29 crimes between 1987 and 1995, including kidnappings, assassinations and attacks on a KFC restaurant and the former U.S. Embassy compound.
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