The newspapers reported the discovery of the bodies of two students from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUC), Abel Malpartida and Luis Alvarez, who had been murdered on Curayacu beach in the Lima district of San Bartolo. Likewise, the bodies of three other university students (Julio Alfredo Távara Reátegui, …
The case involves the detention of Ernesto Castillo Páez by members of the Peruvian National Police on October 21, 1990, in Villa El Salvador, Lima. Despite evidence of his detention, the judicial process faced significant challenges, including the dismissal of charges against several police officials due to insufficient evidence. The …
On October 21, 1990, Ernesto Castillo Paez, a young university student, was detained by members of the National Police. Although the Habeas Corpus had been favorably resolved in two instances, on February 7, 1991, the Supreme Court of Justice declared the decision null and void. Faced with this situation of …
Mr. Cromwell Castillo Castillo, father of Ernesto Castillo Paez, filed a Habeas Corpus suit before the 24th Court of Instruction of Lima on behalf of his son and against the Ministry of the Interior, the Chief of the Peruvian National Police and the Chief of the National Directorate against Terrorism. …
Judge Dr. Elba Greta Minaya declared the Habeas Corpus petition founded and ordered the immediate release of Ernesto Castillo Paez, under the responsibility of the then Minister of the Interior General EP Adolfo Alvarado Fournier, the Chief of the National Police General PNP Victor Alva Plasencia and the Chief of …
Ernesto Castillo Páez was detained and subsequently disappeared after being taken to the San Juan de Miraflores police station. Despite a judicial order for his release issued on October 31, 1990, by Judge Elba Greta Minaya, the police continued to deny his detention. The case was marked by irregularities, including …
In February 1991, the Peruvian Supreme Court's 2nd Criminal Chamber admitted a Recurso de Nulidad, despite legal prohibitions, to overturn a Habeas Corpus ruling in favor of Ernesto Castillo Páez. This decision was controversial as it contravened the established legal framework, leading to the nullification of a previous court's decision. …
Augusto Zúñiga Paz, lawyer for the Human Rights Commission (COMISEDH) and sponsor of the disappeared student Ernesto Castillo Páez, was the victim of a letter bomb attack. The attack caused the amputation of his left forearm. This attack occurred in a context of political violence and was one of the …
The head of the 14th Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Lima filed a criminal complaint against the Chief of the National Police General PNP Victor Manuel Alvarado Plasencia, the Chief of the DIRCOTE General PNP Enrique Oblitas Jaén, the Commissioner of the San Juan de Miraflores Police Station Major PNP …
Augusto Zúñiga Paz, lawyer for COMISEDH and sponsor of the disappeared student Ernesto Castillo Páez, was the victim of a letter bomb attack. The explosive device amputated his left forearm. This attack took place in the context of the escalation of violence in Metropolitan Lima during the most intense period …
In April 1991, a group of deputies led by Julio Castro Gómez requested a constitutional accusation against Supreme Court justices for their handling of a Habeas Corpus case involving Ernesto Castillo Páez. The accusation was approved by the Chamber of Deputies, but the process was halted when President Alberto Fujimori …
The Judge of the 14th Preliminary Examining Court of Lima, despite admitting that Castillo Paez had been arrested by members of the Police, issued a resolution ordering the dismissal of the investigation with respect to the defendants in relation to the crime of abuse of authority, for not having been …
In Report 19/94, the Inter-American Commission determined that the Peruvian State is responsible for the violation, to the detriment of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, of the right to personal liberty, to personal integrity, to life and to effective judicial protection, as well as of the judicial guarantees of due process of law …
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned the Peruvian State for the detention and disappearance of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, affirming that Articles 4 (right to life), 5 (right to personal integrity), 7 (right to personal liberty) and 25 (judicial protection) of the American Convention, all in relation to Article 1, paragraph …
On November 3, 1997, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Ernesto Castillo-Páez case, ruling that Peru violated the right to life, liberty and personal integrity, judicial protection and failed to comply with its obligations to respect and guarantee the rights of Ernesto Castillo-Páez, who had …
As a consequence of the mandate of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Prosecutor Miguel Angel Vega Vaccaro of the 37th Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Lima filed a criminal complaint against Commander Juan Mejía León and 15 other officers for the crime of kidnapping of Ernesto Castillo Páez. The …
The Inter-American Court issued a new resolution on compliance with the judgment, reminding the Peruvian State that it must take all necessary measures to comply with the Reparations Judgment. It ordered the State to submit to the Court, no later than March 30, 2003, a detailed report on the steps …
