Inapplicability of amnesty law in Barrios Altos case requested
Prosecutor Magallanes and Judge Saquicuray declare amnesty law inapplicable in Barrios Altos case
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. Judge Antonia Saquicuray of the Sixteenth Criminal Court of Lima declared the amnesty law inapplicable in the Barrios Altos case.