B. Obligation of investigation of the facts surrounding this case and
punishment of the perpetrators (Operative paragraph No. 5 of the Judgment
on reparations)
12.
The State provided information in regard to the criminal proceeding against Raúl
Aurelio Talledo Valdivieso in the case of Cesti Hurtado and the judgment ordered by the
Permanent Criminal Chamber on June 13, 2003, wherein he was convicted of abuse of
authority, as the perpetrator, and he was sentenced to deprivation of liberty for four years
with rules of conduct. Moreover, the State reported that on January 30, 2004, the Supreme
Court of Justice of the Republic resolved the appeals filed by both the Civil Party as well as the
Public Prosecutor’s Office and confirmed the judgment of June 13, 2003. Moreover, on
January 12, 2005, it rendered a second Supreme Final Judgment. Subsequently, on May 9,
2005, the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested that the judgment of June 13, 2003, be
declared null and void. On July 13, 2005, the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court
of Justice “rendered a decision in regard to the Public Prosecutor’s complaint, declaring that it
agreed with the judgment [on appeal].” Lastly, the State noted that the sentence is currently
being carried out, and the case is with the Supreme Chamber, given the proceeding against
Guido Eduardo Guevara Guerra until he is suited for trial, “as a convicted criminal in
contempt.”
13.
The victims noted that repeatedly providing the judgment convicting Raúl Aurelio
Talledo Valdivieso, as the State has done, is insufficient given that he is not the only one
responsible for the facts. Moreover, they highlighted that the State has not taken any
measures to “extradite General Guevara Guerra, who is in Mexico.” In addition to the
aforementioned, they added that responsibility for these facts cannot be attributed only to
these two persons, and they considered it necessary that an investigation be carried out
against the Officers charged with the custody of Cesti Hurtado in Barracks “San Martin,” being
that they “deprived him of liberty despite a Judge ruling otherwise.” The investigation should
also be carried out against two former Anti-corruption attorneys who litigated against Cesti
Hurtado, “and then, being attorneys, refused to investigate the facts.” Moreover, the victims
considered that the “[Former President] Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro Montesinos, the
General of the Army Nicolás Hermosa Ríos, and the Division General Guido Guevara Guerra,
devised [the] kidnapping [of the víctim], using Police and Army weaponry.” According to the
victims, the judgment of the Permanent Criminal Chamber of June 13, 2003, dealt with the
noncompliance of the habeas corpus remedy ordered in favor of Cesti Hurtado, which “has
nothing to do with the subsequent aggravated kidnapping he underwent.” In this sense, they
argued that “the perpetrators who ordered the kidnapping and deprivation of liberty of [Cesti
Hurtado] must still be denounced.”
14.
The Commission considered that the resolution issued by the Criminal Chamber of the
Supreme Court of Justice is an important advance in regard to compliance with this obligation.
Notwithstanding the abovementioned and taking into account the observations of the victims
regarding the existence of other possible perpetrators and the involvement of more than one
person in the decisions that led to the international responsibility of the State, it considered it
necessary that the Court order the State to accurately report on the reasons why it considers
that this measure has been fulfilled, and specifically, that it note whether it has exhausted all
means of investigation in regard to the different levels of responsibility that may exist in this
case. In addition, it noted that in the last Order on compliance issued in this case on February
4, 2010, the Court had already taken into account the information presented by the State and
required the submission of new information, however, the State “did not report on any
procedures it had taken subsequent to the appeals and complaint that were filed against the
decision of June 13, 2003.” proceedings. Thus, it concluded that it does not have information
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