Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
On March 24, 2001, in compliance with the sentence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the 1st Corporate Criminal Court annulled the resolution to file the Barrios Altos case issued in 1995 by the 11th Criminal Court of the Superior Court of Lima. It was ordered that the 16th …
The PCP-SL attacked the premises of the Superior Court of Apurimac in the city of Abancay. This attack against an institution of the Judicial Power is evidence of the PCP-SL's strategy of attacking symbols of the State.
The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima declared the exception of res judicata filed by Víctor Vargas Giraldés and José Emilio Campos Chira to be founded, alleging that the War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice had already tried and sentenced them for the same …
The Eleventh Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima declared null the resolution that had declared inapplicable the amnesty law 26479 in the Barrios Altos case, and consequently declared it applicable to the process followed against members of the Colina Group. The Court argued that the power to grant …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori promulgated Law 26492, which establishes as obligatory the application of the controversial Amnesty Law, whose bill has been supported by the majority of Congress. With this, Judge Antonia Saquicuray Sanchez's ruling on the inapplicability of the amnesty benefit for those involved in the Barrios Altos case …
On June 16, 1995, the head judge of the 16th Criminal Court of Lima issued a resolution declaring Amnesty Law No. 26479, which had been approved the day before, inapplicable to the Barrios Altos case. This decision questioned the constitutionality of the amnesty law, but Congress reacted immediately by approving …
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. …
On April 18, 1995, the judge of the 16th Criminal Court of Lima, Dr. Antonia Saquicuray, admitted the denunciation of the Provincial Prosecutor and opened an investigation against General EP Julio Salazar Monroe and others accused for the crimes of murder and injuries in the Barrios Altos massacre. The judge …
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 …
The members of the military prosecuted for the murder of Hugo Bustíos filed a plea of res judicata in the common jurisdiction, which was declared founded by the Judicial Power, thus archiving the process. This decision exemplifies how the military justice system acted to guarantee impunity for members of the …
The Specialized Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lambayeque issued a sentence acquitting the eleven defendants. The Court considered that the National Police proceeded in an unusual manner and without a correct evaluation of facts and evidence, that it was not established with certainty that the defendants were …
The head of the First Specialized Criminal Court of Chiclayo issued her Final Report contradicting the Prosecutor's Opinion. She questioned the way in which the proceedings aimed at proving the alleged commission of the crime of terrorism were carried out and concluded that the events that took place in the …
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 …
On July 31, 1992, Samuel Dyer's relatives filed a habeas corpus petition before the Third Criminal Court of Callao. This action was declared inadmissible, despite the fact that the resolution itself identified the detainee as Samuel Edward Dyer Ampudia and determined that the requisition corresponded to Edward Moises Dyer Ampudia …
Decree Law No. 25446 was enacted, dismissing 133 magistrates of the Judicial Districts of Lima and Callao, including 33 Justices of the Superior Courts of Lima, 8 of Callao, 6 Superior Prosecutors of Lima, 47 Judges of Lima, 29 of Callao and 10 Juvenile Judges of Lima. It also ordered …
On April 5, 1992, at 10:30 p.m., the Constitutional President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, with the support of the police, announces the dissolution of the National Parliament and the total reorganization of the Judicial Power, the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM), the Court of Constitutional Guarantees and the Public Prosecutor's …
Coup d'état by means of which the Fujimori government broke the constitutional order and enacted a series of provisions that tightened the anti-terrorist legislation without contemplating the respect of minimum guarantees of due process. Military prerogatives were extended, expanding its power in emergency zones and in counter-subversive activity, thus expanding …
A Supreme Vocal dismissed the complaint filed by the Attorney General against former President Alan Garcia Perez. This decision came after in October 1991 the Chamber of Deputies had approved to constitutionally accuse Garcia Perez for alleged charges of illicit enrichment and against public faith, with 95 votes in favor, …
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 …
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. …
The Provisional Examining Judge issued a resolution declaring the Habeas Corpus action filed by APRODEH in favor of Angel Escobar Jurado IMPROCEDENT. The resolution indicated that from the findings made at police stations and the Army Military Base, the detention of the citizen was not proven, therefore the facts were …
A Habeas Corpus Action was filed against Lieutenant Colonel EP Roberto Contreras, Chief of the '9 de Diciembre' Barracks, in favor of Raúl Alfredo Salas Chocas, Wilson Salas Huanuco and Freddy Félix Flores Salas. This action was declared unfounded by the Second Court of Instruction of Huancayo after an inspection …
The Superior Court of Justice of Ayacucho sentenced 11 defendants for the crime of aggravated homicide. The sentences imposed ranged from 10 to 25 years imprisonment. This sentence was the result of a judicial process followed against the perpetrators of serious human rights violations denounced before the common courts.
In mid-April 1986, the Eighth Correctional Court of Lima became a Special Court dedicated exclusively to the Uchuraccay case. This tribunal was presided over by a doctor whose name is not fully specified in the excerpt. The Special Tribunal was constituted after the trial was transferred from Ayacucho to Lima …
On November 25, 1985, the Eighth Correctional Court of Lima was designated to take over the continuation of the judicial process for the Uchuraccay massacre. This transfer took place after the request of the journalists' relatives to transfer the trial from Ayacucho to Lima was declared well-founded on September 12, …
On September 12, 1985, the request of the relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay to transfer the judicial process to Lima was declared well-founded. This decision was made after the relatives requested the transfer of jurisdiction on July 18, 1985 and challenged all the members of the chamber of …
The relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay recused all the members of the chamber of the Superior Court of Ayacucho during the judicial process. This recusal occurred after the last hearing of the oral trial held on July 24, 1985. The recusal was part of the multiple irregularities and …
On July 24, 1985, the last hearing of the oral trial against three peasants accused of the massacre of eight journalists in Uchuraccay was held. The oral trial had begun on September 28, 1984 and lasted ten months. The defendants present were Dionisio Morales Pérez, Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles and Simeón …
On July 18, 1985, the relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay formally requested the transfer of jurisdiction of the trial from the Superior Court of Ayacucho to the city of Lima. This request came in the context of an extremely eventful and complex judicial process that had dragged on …
On June 21, 1985, the withdrawal of the prosecutor's indictment against the three peasants arrested for the Uchuraccay massacre was declared inadmissible. This judicial decision came after prosecutor Oscar Guerrero surprisingly requested, during the hearing of March 26, 1985, the withdrawal of the accusation against the three accused and their …
On September 28, 1984, the oral trial of the Uchuraccay trial began with great expectation in the courtroom of the Superior Court of Ayacucho. The only three defendants present were the detained peasants Dionisio Morales Pérez, Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles and Simeón Auccatoma Quispe, who were Quechua speakers and required interpreters …
The investigation carried out by the ad hoc Court of Instruction ended on February 17, 1984, one year and one month after the events of the Uchuraccay massacre. The case file was transferred to the Superior Court of Justice of Ayacucho. Subsequently, on August 14, 1984, the Public Prosecutor's Office …
Due to serious irregularities committed during the initiation of the judicial process for the Uchuraccay massacre, the Superior Court of Ayacucho removed Judge Hugo Molina from his position as examining magistrate on February 2, 1983. Judge Molina had taken cognizance of the case on January 30, 1983, even though Uchuraccay …
On January 30, 1983, the judicial process for the Uchuraccay massacre formally began with the exhumation of the bodies of the eight journalists and other victims. The examining magistrate of Huamanga, Dr. Hugo Molina, took cognizance of the case even though Uchuraccay was not in his jurisdiction. The diligence was …
On January 26, 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Superior Court of Justice of Puno. This attack was part of a series of initial violent actions by the subversive group in the department of Puno. The attack occurred a few days after they attacked the house of IU Mayor Jaime …
On January 26, 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Superior Court of Justice of Puno. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the subversive group in the department of Puno, which were characterized by dynamite attacks against institutions and representatives of the State. The attack on the …
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