On Monday, Peru’s Justice Minister Gustavo Adrianzen provided information on the Inter-American Human Rights Court's "Chavin de Huantar" commando case ruling, which does not obligate the Peruvian State to pay any financial compensation to MRTA terrorists.
Remarks were made after acknowledging receipt of the said verdict.
“The verdict would be claiming there isn’t any financial compensation to pay to anyone,” the Minister said in a primary statement.
In 1997, an operation carried out by the Chavin de Huantar commandos at the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence in Lima released hostages taken into captivity by terrorist group known as Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
Among kidnapped people were high-profile government officials and other personalities.
Known around the world as one of the most successful rescue actions, the operation managed to rescue 71 hostages alive.
Relatives of some MRTA terrorists, such as the “Comrade Tito” who died during the operation, took the case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights claiming extrajudicial executions.
The pro-terrorist claim had been ruled out by the Peruvian State.