68
197(32)
On May 8, 1992, the third day of the “operative”, the police and
military officials continued the attack with rockets fired from helicopters, mortar fire,
and grenades.66
197(33)
A delegation of inmates exited the pavilions to speak with the
Prosecutor Mirtha Campos, but only one of the inmates returned to inform of the
agreements. As part of the negotiations approximately 30 wounded inmates exited
to the “coop” area of pavilion 4B to be taken to the hospital, but this did not happen,
instead they were kept outside, motionless.67
197(34)
There were several intents of negotiation between delegates of the
inmates and State authorities, but they were not able to reach an agreement, since
the inmates demanded the presence of the Red Cross, of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, their attorneys, and their next of kin for their transfer
to other criminal centers, as well as immediate medical attention for the wounded,
who up to then had been attended to by the same inmates that threw medicines
from other pavilions. On its part, the State demanded the surrender of the inmates
without conditions and their exit from pavilion 4B, leaving the wounded and the dead
inside so they could be attended to later.68
197(35)
The State expressly refused the offer of intervention made by the
International Red Cross, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the
Episcopal Commission of Social Action, and the National Human Rights Coordinator,
whose representatives were outside the criminal center.69 Likewise, help was denied
to many inmates who were seriously injured.70
66
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center
Canto Grande, page 777 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact
disc).
67
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center
Canto Grande, pages 777 and 778 and Volume V, section 2(22), The Prisons, page 703 (dossier of
appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact disc); written testimonial statements
of Fiorella Montaño, Madeleine Valle Rivera, Carlos Manuel Torres Mendoza, and Pascual Utia Lozano
(dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendixes 86, 100, 125, and 130, folios 1269, 1408, 1682, and
1725); and written testimonial statement offered by Eva Challco (dossier on the merits and possible
reparations and costs, Volume VIII, folio 2266).
68
Cfr. Written testimonial statements of Marisol Morán Cascire, Sabina Quispe Rojas, María Saire
Heredia, Margot Lourdes Liendo Gil, and Fiorella Concepción Montaño Freire (dossier of appendixes to the
petition, appendixes 91, 82, 83, 85, and 86, folios 1307, 1227, 1228, 1239, 1240, 1231, and 1270); and
Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27, 2003, in the city
of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center Canto Grande, page
778 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact disc).
69
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center
Canto Grande, page 786 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact
disc); and report of the President of the Inter-American Commission on his visit to Peru on the 11th and
12th days of May 1992 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 41, folio 987).
70
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center
Canto Grande, page 786 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact
disc).