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 June 20, 1995, the Consejo de Guerra in Lima resolved to apply the Amnesty Law No. 26479 to a case involving military personnel accused of crimes against life, body, and health. The decision nullified a previous resolution that had declared the law inapplicable, thereby protecting individuals such as Santiago …
By means of official letter N° 14-CI-CSJM, the War Council decided to declare that the request of the Judge of the 16th Criminal Court of Lima, who had asked that four members of the Colina Group prosecuted for the Barrios Altos massacre be placed at her court's disposition, had been …
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