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112.
On June 12, 2007, the Office of the Attorney General filed formal charges against Alberto
Fujimori Fujimori and Manuel Tullume González, for crimes committed against Eduardo Nicolás Cruz
Sánchez, Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva and Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza. On July 16, 2007, the Third
Special Criminal Court of Lima initiated investigative proceedings against Alberto Fujimori and held that
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there were no grounds to proceed against Tullume González.
On August 1, 2007, the Office of the
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Attorney General appealed the decision not to proceed against Tullume González.
On October 29,
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2007, a request was made to Chile for an expansion of the extradition request against Fujimori. On
January 31, 2008, the Office of the Attorney General requested an extension of the investigative period
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from the Judiciary and this was granted on February 18. In an opinion issued on April 30, 2008, the
Office of the Attorney General, at the request of the civil party, requested that the order to initiate
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investigatory proceedings be expanded to assign third-party civil liability to the Peruvian State.
113.
On May 18, 2007, the first oral phase was initiated before a panel comprising Judges
José Antonio Neyra Flores, Manuel Carranza Paniagua y Carlos Manrique Suárez. Judges Carlos
Augusto Manrique Suárez and José Antonio Neyra Flores were later removed from their posts in 2009
and 2010.
114.
On July 23, 2009, the Full Council decided not to restore “confidence in Judge Carlos
Augusto Manrique Suárez, who was one of the presiding judges in the case in the civilian jurisdiction; as
a result, it decided not to confirm him for the position of Judge of the Twenty-first Court of Instruction of
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Lima [Vigésimo Primer Juzgado de Instrucción de Lima] of the Lima Judicial District.” On August 31,
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2009, Judge Manrique Suárez lodged an extraordinary appeal against the aforementioned decision,
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which was rejected on September 30, 2009.
115.
On November 6, 2009, APRODEH was notified of the order which declared “the
interruption of the public hearing, with the evidence examined during the oral trial maintained” and
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reserved the date to initiate a new oral trial “as soon as possible.”
116.
Judge José Antonio Neyra Flores was replaced by Judge Sonia Liliana Tellez Portugal.
Also, on January 7, 2010, the Third Special Criminal Chamber ruled that the new oral trial would begin on
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March 19, 2010.
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Appendix 37, Report No. 001-2008-JSA-FPECDDHH of the Provincial Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Provincial
Prosecutor for Human Rights Violations, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008. Appendix 38, Criminal charges
by the Special Provincial Prosecutor for Human Rights Crimes against Alberto Fujimori Fujimori of June 7, 2007, appendix to the
State’s communication of August 5, 2008. Appendix 39, Ruling on lack of grounds of July 26, 2007, appendix to the State’s
communication of August 5, 2008.
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Appendix 37, Report No. 001-2008-JSA-FPECDDHH of the Provincial Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Provincial
Prosecutor for Human Rights Violations, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008. Appeal dated July 31, 2007,
appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008.
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Appendix 37, Report No. 001-2008-JSA-FPECDDHH of the Provincial Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Prosecutor
for Human Rights Violations, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008.
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Appendix 37, Report No. 001-2008-JSA-FPECDDHH of the Provincial Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Prosecutor
for Human Rights Violations, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008.
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Appendix 37, Report No. 001-2008-JSA-FPECDDHH of the Provincial Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Prosecutor
for Human Rights Violations, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008.
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Appendix 40, Ruling No. 163-2009 of July 23, 2009, appendix to the petitioners’ communication of December 10, 2009.
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Appendix 41, Ruling No. 199-2009-PCNM of September 30, 2009, and extraordinary appeal lodged by Carlos Augusto
Manrique Suárez n/cert. and n/signature, appendix to the petitioners’ communication of December 10, 2009.
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Appendix 41, Ruling No. 199-2009-PCNM of September 30, 2009, appendix to the petitioners’ communication of
December 10, 2009.
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Appendix 42, Ruling No. 182-09 of October 15, 2009 and legal notification of the Third Special Criminal Chamber of the
Superior Court of Lima, appendix to the petitioners’ communication of December 10, 2009.
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Cfr. Appendix 43, Ruling of January 7, 2010, appendix to the petitioners’ communication of February 8, 2011.