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.
Close to 2:00 PM (local time) the Peruvian State was notified of the decision. 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 pointed out in a primary statement.
According to the Minister, the 145-page verdict requires to be analyzed and reviewed in detail.
In April 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) in December 1996.
Among kidnapped people were high-profile government officials and other personalities from both countries, Japan and Peru.
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 claim had been ruled out by the Peruvian State.
“With regard to the case of terrorist delinquents Herma Luz Melendez Cueva and Victor Salomon Peceros Pedraza, the ruling claims there aren’t any elements to determine international responsibility of the Peruvian State,” he indicated.
Nonetheless, he said the decision by the Court clearly states “the ruling itself constitutes a way of compensation.” It established a partial responsibility of the Peruvian State.
Concerning the terrorist delinquent “Comrade Tito”, the Court decided the Peruvian State must conduct investigations aimed at determining the circumstances of his death.
Likewise, he went on to add the Peruvian State is obliged to publish the said verdict.
“Some type of rehabilitation in favor of Edgar Odon Cruz [has been ruled], who is the precisely the brother of the terrorist delinquent Tito, it’s a health-related rehabilitation,” he told RPP.
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