Vicky Peláez

Career Peláez was one of the few women journalists in Peru in the 1980s and established a reputation as a "colorful" reporter for Frecuencia Latina (Channel 2) in Lima.

Peláez moved to the United States shortly after the MRTA incident. were critical of United States foreign policy and strongly supportive of Latin American leaders Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro. At the time of her arrest, Peláez was a resident of Yonkers, New York. The operations of this group was dubbed by American authorities as the "Illegals Program" directed by Russia. Waldo Mariscal, the eldest son of Peláez, claimed the U.S. government was persecuting his parents for their political views.

On 10 July, Peláez and Vasenkov were two of ten Russian agents who were exchanged for four prisoners held by Russia in an elaborate U.S.-Russian deal. They were returned to their handlers in Moscow along with the other traded Russian spies. Peláez and Vasenkov expressed a desire to leave Russia and go to Peru. La República reported that the couple permanently moved to Peru in December 2013.

Aftermath Since August 2011, Peláez has been a contributor to The Moscow News.