Acquittal of San Ignacio forest defenders

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 at the place of the facts, and that it was strange that residents exercising their legitimate right in defense of their ecological patrimony were implicated in such serious crimes.