Peru President Dina Boluarte promulgated on Wednesday (13) the amnesty for police and military personnel who were prosecuted or convicted of crimes during the country’s internal armed conflict, which lasted between 1980 and 2000.
At the time, the Peruvian government fought against the insurgent organizations Luminous Warrillas and Revolutionary Movement Túpac Amaru (MTA). The amnesty granted goes in disagreement with the Inter -American Court of Human Rights (HDI), which had requested the suspension of the law.
Boluarte had already anticipated that he would promulgate the amnesty approved by the Parliament of Peru, initiative of a conservative right group that supports his government and has several retired military and police officers in his staff. The agent considered that the indication of the HDI court go against national sovereignty.
At a ceremony at the Government Palace in Lima, the president signed the “law that grants amnesty to members of the Armed Forces, the National Police of Peru and the self -defense committees who participated in the fight against terrorism between the 1980s and 2000s”.
The signing of the Boluarte Law occurred before the 40th anniversary of the so -called Accomarca Massacre, where they blame the Peruvian army for the execution of 69 people, including 24 children, under the command of Warrant Officer Telmo Hurtado, who is serving a sentence of 23 years in prison.
The ceremony at the Government Palace was attended by police representatives and the Armed Forces who participated in different episodes of the internal armed conflict, such as the commands of Operation Chavin de Huáunto. These, in 1997, were able to free 72 from the 73 hostages hijacked by the MTA at the residence of the Japan ambassador, although several of them are accused of alleged extrajudicial executions from various terrorists who had already surrendered and delivered.
Amnesty benefits members of the security forces and self -defense committees who do not have a firm sentence with a res judicata (unchanging definitive decision) that may have been denounced, investigated or processed by crimes committed between 1980 and 2000. In addition, those who have a firm sentence with a judged quality, or in the process of execution, and have complied with a minimum of 70 years.
On the other hand, the amnesty will not be applicable to reported or accused of terrorism or employee corruption crimes.
“With this historical amnesty, today we return the dignity that should never have been questioned,” said the president.
Boluarte is investigated by the Public Prosecution Service (MP) for the death of at least 59 people during the wave of protests that occurred after his arrival in power after the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo for attempted coup d’état in 2022.
The Peruvian President also stated that “international or national institutions are wrong, influenced by totalitarian ideologies that intend to submit Peru to their designs.”
Although Peru rejects HDI’s position, the South American country joined the court’s jurisdiction when he signed the San Jose Pact.
