14 72. It is also worth noting that according to testimony presented before the Office of the 46 Attorney General, the areas adjacent to Room I were under the control of the operation’s military forces. In this regard, the Office of the Attorney General found that: Even though the testimony of Team No. 8 under the command of Captain Raúl Huarcaya Lovón, and made up of Captains Water Becerra Noblecilla and Jorge Félix Díaz, Lieutenants Juan Moral Rojas, Tomás César Rojas Villanueva, Manuel Antonio Paz Ramos, SO3 Medic José Alvarado Díaz and two naval officers in charge of rescuing the hostages from Room I. “although the aforementioned commandos in their …statements …which are classified, state that as they were evacuating the last hostage found in Room 1 by way of a balcony …two terrorists appeared at the door: a man carrying an UZI or AKM, and a woman with a war grenade in her hands and for that reason they proceeded to shoot at them and kill them; this does not explain, however, how the wronged parties were able to get… to the main entrance of Room “I” if it is true that the rooms 47 and hallways adjacent to this room were under the control of commandos from Teams 7 and 8.” 73. The partial reference autopsy conducted on April 23, 1997, indicates that Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza presented “GSW to the head, thorax and extremities” and Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva presented “GSW to the head, thorax and upper left limb.”48 The autopsies conducted in 2001 by the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Peru determined that Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza received nine gunshot wounds, six of them to the face and thorax,49 and Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva received fourteen gunshot wounds, seven to the head, one to the neck and six to the thorax. 50 74. In relation to Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez, alias “Tito,” the official version indicates that he died in combat; his body, discovered on the first floor of the residence, presented “a large orifice in the head […] and in his right hand was a grenade he had not managed to throw.”51 75. According to Mr. Hidetaka Ogura, however, once the group of hostages he was with had been freed and was already in the yard of the house next door to the residency of the Ambassador: [He] saw a member of the MRTA called “Tito.” His hands were tied behind his back and his body was face down on the ground. He moved his body and that was how [he] was able to tell that he was alive. He was wearing a short-sleeved green t-shirt and dark colored shorts. When “Tito” attempted to raise his head, an armed police officer who was guarding him kicked him in the head causing him to bleed. It was a police officer because the police were guarding the house next door. A few minutes later, a soldier emerged from the tunnel; he had “Tito” picked up, and took him to the 46 See the proceeding for the legal inspection of the replica of the residence of the Ambassador of Japan, July 20, 2002. 47 Appendix 8, Prosecutor’s Inquiry [vista fiscal] April 14, 2003, documents submitted at the public hearing. 48 Appendix 6, Report of the identification and removal of the corpses of the criminal terrorists belonging to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement found in the Residence of the Ambassador of Japan, Appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008, submitted at the public hearing. 49 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 December 1, 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing. 50 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 December 1, 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing. 51 Appendix 6, Report of the identification and removal of the corpses of the criminal terrorists belonging to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement found in the Residence of the Ambassador of Japan, appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008, provided at the public hearing. 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 December 1, 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing.