Ruling of the Permanent Court-Martial in the Santa Barbara Case
Military court convicted Bendezú Vargas of abuse of authority but acquitted him of aggravated homicide
The Permanent War Council of the Second Judicial Zone of the Army issued a sentence acquitting Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas of the crime of aggravated homicide, sentencing him for abuse of authority with aggravating circumstance of falsehood to 18 months of imprisonment and 500 nuevos soles of civil reparation. It also convicted other military officers for various crimes. This sentence was later confirmed on review on February 10, 1993 by the Supreme Council of Military Justice, modifying the sentence to 10 years of effective imprisonment.