Ruling of the military court in the Castillo Paez case
Military court acquits and lightly convicts police officers in Castillo Paez case, generating impunity
The War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a sentence absolving Commander Raúl Valverde Añorga of the crime of Negligence and sentencing José Emilio Campos Chira for the offense of Disobedience, for which the possibility of imposing a sentence had already expired, and Víctor Vargas Giraldés for the crime of negligence to one month of suspended military confinement. This sentence was not appealed by the parties and thus the process was definitively concluded. The CVR considers that the Military Jurisdiction was used as a means to achieve impunity for those responsible.