Modification of terrorism conviction by the Supreme Court
On March 11, 1994, the Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides for terrorist collaboration, reducing it from twenty to fifteen years of imprisonment.
The Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence imposed on María Magdalena Monteza Benavides for the crime of terrorist collaboration. Originally, on June 18, 1993, the Special Terrorism Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima had sentenced her to twenty years imprisonment. The Supreme Court reduced the sentence to fifteen years imprisonment. Subsequently, on June 6, 1998, the President of the Republic granted her a pardon on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Commission, which established a reasonable presumption that she was not linked to terrorist organizations and that there was evidence of physical and psychological mistreatment during her detention.