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case, to collect more evidence on the form and circumstances of their death.” He also forwarded certified
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copies for purposes of the investigation against Fujimori.
92.
The expert reports requested by the Office of the Prosecutor (supra) were issued In July82
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and August, 2001. They found projectile wounds to the head and/or neck in all fourteen cases and to the
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neck in 57% of the cases, all of which involved “entry wounds through the posterior region” of the neck,
through the first and third cervical vertebrae, and exit wounds through the first cervical vertebrae in the
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facial region. This led to the inference that “the victim’s position in relation to the shooter was always the
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same and the victim’s mobility, therefore, was minimal if not “0.” Moreover, the reports concluded that in
at least eight cases there was evidence that “the victims had been in an incapacitated state when they
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were shot” and that those firing those shots “were duly cognizant of how lethal they were.
93.
Specifically in relation to the alleged victims in the instant case, the reports pointed out
that Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza had received two gunshot wounds to the head, one to the inferior
maxilla, three to the thorax, two to the pelvis and one to the left hand. They likewise determined that
Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva had received seven gunshot wounds to the head, one to the neck, which
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had entered in the left posterior area, and six to the thorax. With respect to Eduardo Nicolás Cruz
Sánchez, the report determined that the gunshot wound had entered “in the left posterior region of the
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neck and exited in the right lateral region of the head.” One of the reports added that because “the
region that received the impact […] is not very accessible to an assailant, especially if the target is mobile,
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this individual would have to have been immobilized prior to being shot.”
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Appendix 20, Charges filed by the Office of the Prosecutor on May 24, 2002, appendix to the State’s communication of
August 5, 2008.
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Appendix 12, Report on human remains NN1-NN4 attributed to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, prepared by
Clyde C. Show, PhD and José Pablo Baraybar, MSc. Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team [Equipo Peruano de Antropología
Forense (EPAF)] of July 2001, Appendix to the representatives’ communications of April 22, 2008, and February 3, 2003. See also,
Appendix 3, Non-certified copy of the order to initiate proceedings of June 11, 2002, appendix to the State’s communication of
August 5, 2008 and February 6, 2009 and appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008. Appendix to the State’s
communication of 1º December 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing.
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Appendix 7, Report of the forensic medical examinations performed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, appendix
submitted by the petitioners on February 3, 2003, Volume V. See also, Appendix 3, Non-certified copy of the order to initiate
proceedings of June 11, 2002, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008 and February 6, 2009 and appendix to the
representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008. Appendix to the State’s communication of 1º December 2003, appendix submitted
at the public hearing.
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Appendix 7, Report of the forensic medical examinations performed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, appendix
submitted by the petitioners on February 3, 2003, Volume V.
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Appendix 12, Report on human remains NN1-NN4 attributed to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, prepared by
Clyde C. Show, PhD and José Pablo Baraybar, MSc. Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team [Equipo Peruano de Antropología
Forense (EPAF)] of July 2001, appendix to the representatives’ communications of April 22, 2008, and February 3, 2003.
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Appendix 12, Report on human remains NN1-NN4 attributed to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, prepared by
Clyde C. Show, PhD and José Pablo Baraybar, MSc. Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team [Equipo Peruano de Antropología
Forense (EPAF)] of July 2001, appendix to the representatives’ communications of April 22, 2008, and February 3, 2003.
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Appendix 12, Report on human remains NN1-NN4 attributed to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, prepared by
Clyde C. Show, PhD and José Pablo Baraybar, MSc. Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team [Equipo Peruano de Antropología
Forense (EPAF)] of July 2001, appendix to the representatives’ communications of April 22, 2008, and February 3, 2003.
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Appendix 7, Report of the forensic medical examinations performed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, appendix
submitted by the petitioners on February 3, 2003, Volume V.
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Appendix 7, Report of the forensic medical examinations performed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, appendix
submitted by the petitioners on February 3, 2003, Volume V.
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Appendix 12, Report on human remains NN1-NN4 attributed to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, prepared by
Clyde C. Show, PhD and José Pablo Baraybar, MSc. Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team [Equipo Peruano de Antropología
Forense (EPAF)] of July 2001, appendix to the representatives’ communications of April 22, 2008, and February 3, 2003.