24 62 to the abandoned Misteriosa mine situated in Huachocolpa campesino community. On the way, the detainees were beaten and forced to walk for several hours with their hands bound and tied by their necks; they were given 63 no food or water. The soldiers placed the 15 detainees inside the mine and shot them with light submachine guns 64 (FAL). Also, according to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Lieutenant Bendezú Vargas ordered Sargent 65 Duilio Chipana Tarqui to go back to the abandoned mine with three soldiers and seal the entrance. 129. On October 25, 1991, the Ministry of Defense reported that it had determined that “a patrol from 43Pampas Counter Subversive Battalion committed excesses against 14 campesinos presumed to be subversive criminals from the Rodeo-Pampa Campesino Community,” for which reason the complaint had been referred to 66 the Permanent Court Martial of the Second Army Judicial District. The complaint charged Infantry Lieutenant Javier Bendezu Vargas with the aggravated homicide of 14 campesinos (instigation), abuse of authority, and crimes against property (larceny); NCO Duilio Chipana Tarqui with crimes against duty and conduct unbecoming in service and offenses against the administration of justice; NCO, Second Class, Fidel Ausebio Huaytalla with crimes against duty and conduct unbecoming; Sargent, First Class, Oscar Carrera González with abuse of authority; Sargent, Second Class, Carlos Pedro Chincay with aggravated homicide, crimes against property (larceny), and violation of sexual liberty; and Sargent, Second Class, Dennis Pacheco Zambrano with crimes against property (larceny), and 67 violation of sexual liberty. 130. On October 31, 1991, the local press published a report informing that Senator Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Chair of the Senate Special Committee on the Causes of Violence and Possible Pacification Solutions, had informed the Senate of the response of the Ministry of Defense to the murder of 14 campesinos from the community of Santa Barbara, in which it acknowledged perpetration of the crimes and provided information on 68 the steps taken to prosecute the alleged military personnel involved in the incident. 131. On November 8, 1991, the Huancavelica Technical Police arrested Nicolás Hilario Morán and Lorenzo Quispe Huamán, the president and fiscal officer of the community of Santa Barbara, respectively, in the city of Huancavelica when they went to testify before the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crime Prevention in connection with the disappearance of the seven adults and seven children on July 4, 1991. Their arrest was based on a complaint lodged by the Huancavelica Superior Court Prosecutor alleging obstruction of justice as a result of having falsely charged the security forces with the detention/disappearance of persons who had never been 62 Appendix 1. Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru. Volume VII. Chapter 2: Cases Investigated by the CVR 2.50. The Extrajudicial Executions in Santa Barbara, Campesinos accused of being terrorists detained. 63 Appendix 1. Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru. Volume VII. Chapter 2: Cases Investigated by the CVR 2.50. The Extrajudicial Executions in Santa Barbara, Conclusions. 64 Appendix 1. Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru. Volume VII. Chapter 2: Cases Investigated by the CVR 2.50. The Extrajudicial Executions in Santa Barbara, Conclusions. 65 Appendix 1. Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru. Volume VII. Chapter 2: Cases Investigated by the CVR 2.50. The Extrajudicial Executions in Santa Barbara, Erasing the Traces of the Massacre. 66 Appendix 15. Official letter No. 6671/SEMD-D of October 25, 1991, from the Ministry of Defense to Ambassador Alejandro Gordillo Fernández, Secretary General and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the murder of 14 campesinos from the community of Santa Barbara, formerly the Department of Ayacucho. Appendix to the State’s brief of September 23, 1991. 67 Appendix 15. Official letter No. 6671/SEMD-D of October 25, 1991, from the Ministry of Defense to Ambassador Alejandro Gordillo Fernández, Secretary General and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the murder of 14 campesinos from the community of Santa Barbara, formerly the Department of Ayacucho. Appendix to the State’s brief of September 23, 1991. 68 Appendix 16. Military Excess Caused the Death of 14 Campesinos. Expreso newspaper, October 31, 1991. Appendix 5 to the petitioners’ brief of November 5, 1991; Appendix 8. Written communication of November 13, 1991, from CEAPAZ to the Office of the Prosecutor General. Appendix 27 to the petitioners’ brief of February 20, 1992.