The seven people are currently being held by Peruvian immigration officials, Lujan added.

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"I don't think there was anything hypocritical about anything, " Lujan said.

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In 1991 the Secretary of the Interior, Manuel Lujan Jr.

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In a broadly worded opinion that relied in part on the Lujan case, Roberts suggested that most state and local activities were off limits to challenge from taxpayers.

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