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category: Authors & Journalists
summary: Financial Times stringer in Peru who became involved in Ari Ben-Menashe's
  mission to secure rare minerals for Israel's nuclear program.
tags:
- Person
- Journalist
---

[Barbara Durr](/people/barbara-durr/) was a stringer for the *Financial Times* of [London](/places/london/) in [Peru](/places/peru/). She was also a correspondent for CBS radio.[^1]

[Durr](/people/barbara-durr/) met [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) through Peter Jordan, a photographer. She became involved in [Ben-Menashe's](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) mission to secure rare minerals from [Peru](/places/peru/) for [Israel's](/places/israel/) nuclear program. [Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) used her as a journalist to provide protection and to create public proof of [Guzmán's](/people/abimael-guzman-reynoso/) existence, as there were rumors of his death.[^1]

[Durr](/people/barbara-durr/) was suspected by [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) of tipping off the [Cubans](/places/cuba/) about his contact with the [Shining Path](/organizations/shining-path/). She was later arrested by the [Peruvian](/places/peru/) police, an event that [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) orchestrated to gain her gratitude and cooperation. She was also present during the [Cordova](/people/rafael-cordova/) massacre of villagers and attempted to broadcast the plan to prevent it.[^1]

[Durr](/people/barbara-durr/) accompanied [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) to Cangallo to secure the release of [Cynthia McNamara](/people/cynthia-mcnamara/). She was also present during [Ben-Menashe's](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) tense meeting with [Carlos Cardoen](/people/carlos-cardoen/) in [Chile](/places/chile/), where she was used as a veiled threat against [Cardoen](/people/carlos-cardoen/) due to her journalistic connections.[^1]

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