On November 13, 1992, the provincial prosecutor filed a formal complaint against María Magdalena Monteza Benavides for the crime of terrorism in the form of collaboration. This act took place after Magdalena was detained, tortured and allegedly raped by members of the Army. On the same day a forensic medical …
On June 18, 1993, the Special Terrorism Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima sentenced María Magdalena Monteza Benavides to twenty years imprisonment for the crime of terrorist collaboration, based on the police investigation. On March 11, 1994, the Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence and sentenced her to …
The Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence imposed on María Magdalena Monteza Benavides for the crime of terrorist collaboration. Originally, on June 18, 1993, the Special Terrorism Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima had sentenced her to twenty years imprisonment. The Supreme Court reduced the sentence to fifteen …
In 1996, the Peruvian legislature was reshuffled in favor of the ruling party, which led to the approval of Law No. 26657, known as the Authentic Interpretation Law, which paved the way for the reelection of President Alberto Fujimori. That same year, the Ad Hoc Commission was created to review …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides submitted a written statement to the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655, in which she recounted the facts of her arbitrary detention, torture and rape that occurred in October-November 1992. In this statement, Monteza detailed how she was detained on October 30, 1992 by members …
On June 6, 1998, the President of the Republic granted a pardon to María Magdalena Monteza Benavides through Supreme Resolution Nº105-98-JUS, on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655. The Commission established a reasonable presumption that María Magdalena Monteza Benavides was not linked to terrorist activities, …
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