71
197(43)
On May 10, 1992 the President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori was present
in the criminal center and walked among the prisoners lying face down on the floor
of the yards of the prison.80
197(44)
Some female inmates were transferred to the criminal center “Santa
Mónica of Chorrillos” and others to the criminal center “Cristo Rey of Cachiche”. The
male inmates were kept in the yard of the criminal center until May 22, 1992, date
on which some of them were relocated within the same Miguel Castro Castro Prison
and others were transferred to other criminal centers such as “Lurigancho” and
“Yanamayo”. Some of the inmates that were injured, both men and women, were
taken to the Police Sanity Hospital, to later be relocated in the aforementioned
criminal centers.81
197(45)
Mr. Víctor Olivos Peña was transferred with life to the morgue of a
hospital, where he was found and rescued by his mother and a doctor of said
establishment.82
197(46)
On May 22, 1992 State agents transferred the prisoners that were in
“no man’s land” and in “admissions” to the courtyard of pavilion 1A. During said
transfer, the agents arranged themselves in parallel lines forming an alley through
which the inmates had to walk, after they had been forced to take off their clothes,
and they were beaten with blunt objects on the head, the kidneys, and other parts of
their bodies.83
197(47)
Many of the persons injured were maintained without medical
attention for several days and the injured that were transferred to the hospital did
not receive the medical attention required. These omissions caused complications in
the health of some of the inmates and in others it caused their death.84
80
Cfr. Newspaper article titled “Por sucesos en penales Fujimori demanda comprensión
internacional” published in the newspaper "El Nacional" on May 11, 1992 (dossier of appendixes to the
petition, appendix 59, folios 1105 and 1107); newspaper article titled “Dudas sobre el número total de
muertos en el asalto al penal limeño de Canto Grande” published in the newspaper "El País" on May 12,
1992 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 66, folio 1149); written testimonial statements of
Rafael Fernandez Vázquez, Manuel Cotrina Mendoza, Pascual utia Lozano, Vladimir Enver Esquivel
Carhuaz, and Alberto Atunca Acevedo (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendixes 131, 180, 130,
139, and 129, folios 2154, 1745, 1728, 1819, and 1720); and the book “An Eye for an Eye” of Humberto
Jara (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 10, folios 100 and 101).
81
Cfr. Different testimonial statements of surviving inmates (dossier of appendixes to the petition,
appendixes between 82 and 246, folios between 1230 and 2734); testimonial statement offered by Gaby
Balcázar Medina in the public hearing before the Inter-American Court held on the 26th and 27th days of
June 2006; and newspaper article published in the newspaper "Expreso" on May 12, 1992 (dossier of
appendixes to the petition, appendix 27, folios 380 and 381).
82
Cfr. Written testimonial statement of Víctor Javier Olivos Peña (dossier of appendixes to the
petition, appendix 123, folio 1652); and testimonial statement offered by Julia Peña Castillo in the public
hearing before the Inter-American Court held on the 26th and 27th days of June 2006.
83
Cfr. Different testimonial statements of surviving inmates (dossier of appendixes to the petition,
appendixes between 116 and 209 and between 218 and 237, folios between 1547 and 2401 and between
2467 and 2606); and written expert opinion offered by José Quiroga (dossier on merits and possible
reparations and costs, volume VII, folio 2149).
84
Cfr. Different testimonial statements of surviving inmates (dossier of appendixes to the petition,
appendixes between 85 and 245, folios between 1263 and 2722); testimonial statement offered by Gaby
Balcázar Medina and Luis Ángel Pérez Zapata in the public hearing before the Inter-American Court held
on the 26th and 27th days of June 2006; communication sent to the Commission by some prisoners dated
May 20, 1992 (dossier of the proceedings before the Inter-American Commission, Volume II, folio 4705);
Informative Report of International Amnesty, corresponding to the month of August 1992, vol. XV, No. 8