In April 1995, a criminal complaint was filed by Prosecutor Ana Magallanes against five army members for extrajudicial executions in Barrios Altos. The case was initially opened by Judge Antonia Saquicuray, but a jurisdictional dispute arose. The case was ultimately closed when the Amnesty Law (26479) was enacted on June …
Criminal Prosecutor Ana Magallanes filed a criminal complaint and the Sixteenth Criminal Court of Lima, headed by Judge Antonia Saquicuray, opened an investigation against General Julio Salazar Monroe, Major Santiago Martin Rivas, and non-commissioned officers Wilson Carvajal García, Juan Sosa Saavedra and Hugo Coral Goycochea for the extrajudicial executions in …
Provincial Prosecutor Ana Magallanes requested the judiciary to proceed according to article 138 of the Constitution, which establishes that in the event of incompatibility between a constitutional norm and a legal norm, judges should prefer the former. The prosecutor argued that amnesty law 26479 violated human rights and due process. …
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