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América Televisión
(Juan Victor Sumarriva), is spotted inside the grounds 

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of the residence by Néstor Cerpa, and is permitted to stay there for the next 23 hours and 
capture the ensuing drama.
In the early morning hours of 18 December, the second conversation between the 
terrorists and PNP personnel is established; Néstor Cerpa announces that the hostages are 
being considered “prisoners of war”. By this time, the 
Operative Command of the 
Internal Front
(military headquarters) is established and begins planning and preparing 
for a military emergency action plan to rescue the hostages. At 0147 hours, the mayor of 
Miraflores Fernando Andrade Carmona escapes through a small window in one of the 
bathrooms inside the residence where he had been hiding. He makes a barefoot dash 
through the residence grounds, hiding between bushes, vehicles, and anything he can find 
until he makes it to an open gate on the east side of the residence to freedom. The lone 
camera operator captures the whole scene on live television. A few hours later, 21 
members of the International Red Cross arrive on scene and begin to work providing aid 
in any possible way. At 0220 hours, members of the SUAT occupy nearby homes and 
emplace temporary sniper positions on the rooftops. Later that morning at 1130 hours, 
Cerpa announces to the PNP over the megaphone his first official threat: he is going to 
execute the first hostage at noon if his demands are not met. At 1145 hours, he repeats 
his threat, this time calling on President Fujimori to answer his demands, including that 
his first victim would be Minister of Foreign Relations Francisco Tudela (highest-ranking 
hostage inside the residence). At noon, Cerpa extends the execution time to 1300 hours; 
he never carries out his threat and President Fujimori never answers his demands. Later 
that evening, the MRTA terrorists collect all the phones and beepers from all the hostages 
and place them in a large trash bag.
Michel Minnig continues to negotiate the release of several other hostages that 
needed medical attention, and by 1830 hours Juan Günther (president of the Lima 
Patrimonial), José de Cossío Ruiz de Somocurcio (Peruvian Ambassador in retirement), 
and Mr. Kotaro Kanashiro are released. Mr. Kotaro Kanashiro had fainted during the 
initial explosions and remained unconscious behind some trees on the residence grounds 
throughout the day. When he came to his senses, he did not know what had happened.
The camera operator picked Mr. Kotaro up and explained to him what had transpired 
while he was unconscious. 

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The MRTA terrorists decide to designate several other ambassadors as 
spokespeople and main negotiators: Anthony Vincent (Canada), Heribert Woeckel 
(Germany), Alcibíades Carokis (Greece), the French Counselor Hyancinthe D’Montera 
and the Peruvian Aide to the Counselor Armando Lecaros. Once released, they read a 
statement given to them by the terrorists and immediately begin a commission to 
establish negotiations with the MRTA members. Anthony Vincent would prove to be 
critical in providing the initial intelligence on the terrorists, thanks to his background as 
head of counterterrorism task force for the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Relations.
President Fujimori, who had already assigned Education Minister Domingo Palermo as 
the main spokesperson on his behalf, quickly disbands this ad hoc commission assigned 
by the MRTA. Later that evening, the PNP and the S.I.N. order all phone lines to the 
residence cut off as well as the cellular phone signal in a 400-meter radius to restrict 
communications in and out of the residence.
On 19 December 1996, President Fujimori meets with the Japanese counselor 
Yukihiko Ikedo and at 1805 hours, three businesspersons are released—Juan 
Shimabukuro Yamashiro, Fidel Aray Aray, and Noka Seitoko Sueyoshu. In addition, the 
president for