Harming these innocent hostages or keeping them hostage for long would’ve produced feelings of guilt in MTRA members. They’d gotten unnecessarily embroiled in the conflict. Most of the hostages who were quickly released were likely perceived as innocent because they had nothing to do with the Peruvian government. This innate sense of justice could be what triggered the sympathy of MTRA members. When criminals do harm innocents, they often have to justify the crime to themselves no matter how ludicrous the justification.
Humans have an innate sense of justice that prevents them from harming innocents. The stronger the bond, the less likely it is that the captor will harm the captive.įollowing are the possible explanations for Lima syndrome, the opposite phenomenon: 1. One of the most compelling explanations for Stockholm syndrome is that the captive seeks to bond with their captor to ensure survival. The hostage crisis lasted for 126 days and ended when the Peruvian special forces stormed the embassy building, eliminating all 14 MTRA members. This phenomenon came to be called the Lima syndrome. MTRA members were reported to have felt sympathetic toward their captives. MTRA’s demand for the Peruvian government was the release of some MTRA prisoners.ĭuring the first month of the hostage, the captors released more than half of the hostages. MTRA members held hundreds of top government officials, diplomats, and business executives hostage at the Japanese embassy in Lima. Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MTRA) was a socialist group opposed to the Peruvian government. Let’s look at how the syndrome got its name and later we’ll ponder over the possible explanations of the phenomenon. Its opposite is equally intriguing but has received comparatively less attention. Stockholm syndrome has received wide media and research coverage. Lima syndrome is the opposite of Stockholm syndrome, where a captive develops a bond with their captor. The captor, having developed a bond with the captive, does things in favor of the captive. This positive connection could be sympathy, empathy, attachment, or even love. Lima syndrome is when a captor or abuser develops a positive connection with the captive.
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