Official admission of excesses at Lurigancho prison
Government admits excessive use of force in Lurigancho prison, orders military investigation
On June 21, 1986, the Government officially admitted the possibility that excessive use of force had been committed in the Lurigancho prison and informed that it had ordered the Military Court to investigate these events, following complaints by Senator Javier Diez Canseco and the media about extrajudicial executions.