U.S. ambassador to Peru Jett was United States Ambassador to Peru from 1996 to 1999 . He attended a reception at the Japanese ambassadorial residence in Lima on December 17 , 1996 , but left the gathering early , narrowly escaping becoming a hostage , when members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement stormed the residence and held hundreds hostage for 126 days in the incident known as the Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Dennis Jett