On July 20, 1989, the Supreme Council of Military Justice definitively dismissed the process initiated by the Navy regarding the events at El Frontón prison, without finding criminal responsibility in the members of the Navy who participated in the debellation of the riot of June 1986.
A year after the investigation was initiated in the military courts, and while the trial in the common courts continued, the Supreme Council of Military Justice decided to confirm a resolution that ordered the removal from the trial of those responsible for the murder of Hugo Bustíos. This decision allowed …
The Permanent War Council of the Second Judicial Zone of the Army issued a sentence acquitting Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas of the crime of aggravated homicide, sentencing him for abuse of authority with aggravating circumstance of falsehood to 18 months of imprisonment and 500 nuevos soles of civil reparation. It …
The Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed by sentence the resolution of the War Council that qualified the assassination of 15 Santa Barbara community members as abuse of authority instead of homicide. This confirmation consolidated the impunity granted to those responsible for the massacre, who were later amnestied in 1995.
On May 6, 1993, General EP (r) Rodolfo Robles Espinoza, third in line in the Peruvian Army, in a public letter accused Army commanders and intelligence advisor Vladimiro Montesinos Torres of maintaining an operational command responsible for crimes against humanity, among them those of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta. In …
On May 3, 1994, the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a resolution sentencing Fortunata Leyva Quispe to 30 years in prison, Alejandro Luis Astorga Valdez to life imprisonment, Jaén Mirla Salazar Ramos to 20 years in prison, Segundo Nemesio Alva Marín to 30 years and acquitted Lucinio Dávila Bravo …
On October 10, 1994, the Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the resolution of July 23, 1992 of the Permanent War Council of the Second Judicial Zone of the Army that dismissed the case in Case No. 1786-91 against Sub Lieutenant Chavez and 'those responsible', considering that there was no …
On July 26, 1995, the Review Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the decision to dismiss the proceedings in the La Cantuta case issued on July 6, 1995. This confirmation consolidated the strategy of impunity implemented by the military to avoid the punishment of those responsible for …
Ten officers of the Peruvian Army, among them two generals, are denounced before the 25th Criminal Court of Lima for supporting the activities of drug trafficker Abelardo Cachique Rivera. The Supreme Council of Military Justice claims for its competence the investigation of two generals involved in the mentioned drug trafficking …
A faceless military judge of the Supreme Council of Military Justice sentences, in first instance, MRTA leader Miguel Rincón Rincón and American Lori Berenson to life imprisonment for treason. The U.S. State Department protests the life sentence given to U.S. citizen Lori Berenson. The sentence was issued after her capture …
On November 26, 1996, retired General Rodolfo Robles was kidnapped and tried by the Supreme Council of Military Justice. Days before he had recognized Luis Sauñi as a member of the Colina Group on the program La Clave and made strong accusations against the secret operations of the SIN. His …
On February 13, 1997, the Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the sentence of the Special Military Tribunal of the FAP of October 5, 1996 against the MRTA members involved in the kidnapping of Raul Hiraoka Torres.
The Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the dismissal of the case related to the rape of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The Chamber of the Permanent War Council of the 2nd Judicial Zone of the Army had previously declared the dismissal and referred it to the Supreme Council for consultation. …
On May 14, 2001, in compliance with the order of the Inter-American Court, the Supreme Council of Military Justice referred the investigations to the Ad-Hoc Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office for Terrorism Cases. The prosecutor's office filed criminal charges against Jaime Francisco Castillo Petruzzi, Lautaro Enrique Mellado Saavedra, Alejandro Luis Astorga …
On June 4, 2001, the Supreme Council of Military Justice declared null and void the resolutions of dismissal issued by the War Chamber on October 21, 1994 and July 6, 1995, which had favored Generals Nicolás Hermoza Ríos, Pedro Villanueva Valdivia, Juan Rivera Lazo, Julio Salazar Monroe, Captain Vladimiro Montesinos …
