Law No. 26590 amending Decree Law No. 25475
Law that modified Article 13 of Decree Law 25475 (anti-terrorist legislation), adding an additional paragraph. It was enacted during the government of Alberto Fujimori as part of the legal framework of exception against terrorism.
Law No. 26590, enacted on April 18, 1996, added a subsection to Article 13 of Decree Law 25475, which was the main anti-terrorist law in force since 1992. This modification is part of the set of anti-terrorist laws enacted during the government of Alberto Fujimori, which established an exceptional regime for the prosecution of terrorist crimes. The law is part of the emergency legislation that characterized the 1990s in the context of the counter-subversive struggle.