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category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
  - Person
  - Israel
  - Military
summary: "U.S. consul general in Peru who enlisted Ari Ben-Menashe to secure the release of Cynthia McNamara, an American citizen jailed on Shining Path-related charges."
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[[Donna Hamilton]] was the [[United States|U.S.]] consul general in [[Peru]]. She sought the help of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] in securing the release of [[Cynthia McNamara]], an [[United States|American]] citizen who had been rearrested in [[Peru]] on charges of aiding the [[Shining Path]].[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.