On May 21, 1986, prisoners from the Santa Bárbara, San Juan Bautista, and San Pedro (Lurigancho) penitentiaries filed an action of amparo against several high-ranking officials, including the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of Justice. This legal action was part of a broader investigation into the events that …
In June 1986, a violent crackdown occurred in the Peruvian prisons of San Pedro and El Frontón, where numerous prisoners accused of terrorism were killed. The most severe actions took place at El Frontón, where the Navy's Demolition Unit destroyed the Blue Pavilion, housing 150 subversives. The government acknowledged excesses …
In 1996, the Peruvian government established a Commission Ad Hoc to address the issue of wrongful imprisonment under anti-terrorism laws. The commission, which included the Minister of Justice, the Ombudsman, and Father Hubert Lanssiers, was tasked with reviewing individual cases and recommending presidential pardons for those wrongfully convicted. By the …
