The amnesty shall also apply to those persons referred to in article 6 of the National Reconciliation Law contained in Legislative Decree No. 147 of January 23, 1992, published in Official Gazette No. 14 volume 314 of that date. Art. 2. For the effects of this law, in addition to those specified in article 151 of the Criminal Code, political crimes shall also be understood to include those included in articles 400 to 411 and 460 to 479 of that Code, and crimes committed owing to or as a result of the armed conflict, regardless of status, militancy, affiliation or political ideology. Art. 3. The amnesty shall not apply to: a) Anyone who, individually or collectively, has participated in the perpetration of crimes defined in the second paragraph of article 400 of the Criminal Code, when they were committed for profit, whether or not a prison sentence is being served for such acts; and b) Anyone who, individually or collectively, has participated in the perpetration of crimes of kidnapping and extortion defined in articles 220 and 257 of the Criminal Code, and those included in the Law regulating Drug-related Activities, whether or not proceedings have been initiated against them, or they are serving a prison sentence for any of these crimes, whether or not related to political crimes. Art. 4. The amnesty granted by this law shall have the following effects: a) In the case of anyone who has been sentenced to imprisonment, the judge or court executing the sentence shall decree ex officio the immediate release of those convicted, without need for bail; the same procedure shall be applied by the Court that is hearing a case, even when the sentence is not final; b) In the case of anyone sentenced to imprisonment in absentia, the competence judge or court shall ex officio suspend the arrest warrants against them, without need for bail; c) In the case of anyone with a pending case who has been indicted, the competent Judge shall decree ex officio the dismissal of the case, without any restrictions, in favor of the accused based on the extinction of the criminal action, ordering his or her immediate release; ch) In the case of anyone who has not yet been submitted to any proceedings, this decree shall apply so that, whenever proceedings are opened against them for the crimes included in this amnesty, he or she can raise the plea of the extinction of the criminal action and request the dismissal of the proceedings; in the event of their capture, they shall be brought before the competent judge who shall order their release; d) Anyone who is not covered in the preceding subparagraphs and who, on their own initiative or for any other reason, wishes to benefit from this amnesty, may appear before the respective first instance judge who, after having examined the request, shall issue an attestation with the reasons why the rights that correspond to the applicant as a citizen cannot be restricted, and e) The amnesty granted by this law extinguishes civil responsibility in all cases. Art. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the preceding article, anyone who has been prosecuted and wishes to obtain the benefits of this law shall make a written request, either in person or through a legal representative, or shall appear before the first instance judges, asking them to order the corresponding dismissal of the proceedings; if appropriate, the competent judge shall order the dismissal, which shall be without restrictions and without the need for bail. The requests may also be presented before the justices of the peace, departmental governors, municipal mayors and consuls accredited abroad, who shall immediately forward them to the corresponding first instance judge, to be processed as appropriate. The competent Judge shall impose a fine of one thousand to five thousand colones on any of the officials indicated in this article who do not comply with this obligation, following the procedure established in article 718 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 6. Any provision contrary to this law is hereby annulled, especially article 6 and the last subparagraph of article 7 of the National Reconciliation Law, as well as the authentic interpretation of the first provision cited, which are contained, respectively, in Decree No. 147 of January 23, 1992, published in Official Gazette No. 14, Volume 314 of the same date, and Decree No. 164 of February 6 of the same year, published in Official Gazette No. 26, Volume 314 of February 10, 1992. Art. 7. This decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette. c) The decision of the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera to dismiss the proceedings 276. On September 1, 1993, the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera issued a decision to dismiss the proceedings. In this decision, it indicated that, “the EXHUMATIONS performed have not been able to establish the identity of each deceased person, or the corpus delictus, although it is true that [119 corpses] were found and heaps of human remains deteriorated by the passage of time and the nature of the soil where they were found interred; and, in the absence of any witness or victim to identify the skeletons of the respective corpses.” In addition, it indicated that “[r]egarding the PARTICIPATION of the perpetrators and 90