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iii)
on August 13, 1986 the First Penal Hall of the Supreme Court
declared "no nullity" in the judgment issued by the Correctional
Tribunal that confirmed the verdict of June 27, 1986;
iv)
on October 28, 1986 the Constitutional Guarantees Tribunal
“declared that the Supreme Court of Justice decision unchanged, and
that the right of the plaintiff to restate the action was prevailing"; 31
q.
Supreme Orders No. 012-86-IN of June 2, 1986, wherein the State of
Emergency was "extended in the province of Lima and in the Constitutional
Province of Callao [and decreed internal order" under the control of the
Armed Forces] in said provinces, and No. 006-86 JUS of June 19, 1986,
wherein
it was declared restricted military zone under the jurisdiction and competence
of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces in the Penitentiary facilities of "San
Juan Bautista" (former El Frontón), "San Pedro" (former Lurigancho), and
“Santa Bárbara” of Callao while the state of emergency is in force by means of
Supreme Order No. 012-86-IN of June 2, 1986.
they did not suspend the habeas corpus recourse explicitly, but it was
inefficient due to a prohibition stating that civil judges were not allowed to
enter the prisons because they were restricted military zones; and because
stipulations prevented the investigation and determination of the whereabouts
of the people who benefited from the filed recourse 32 ;
r.
Nolberto Durand Ugarte and Gabriel Ugarte Rivera were exempted
from any responsibility and ordered to set free. However, such an order was
void at that moment because those persons were already missing, a situation
that still continues to the present time. 33
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PREVIOUS CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MERITS
60.
In its final arguments the State declared that the Commission and the Court
made an "evident mistake" for not having gathered the present proceedings in Neira
Alegría et al Case (No. 10.078), which determines that "the first one to qualify,
prejudges on another case because of similar facts". So, "[t]his pre-judgment
31
cf. Judgment of June 27, 1986 issued by the First Instruction Judicial Court of Callao; Judgment
of July 15, 1986 issued by the First Correctional Tribunal of Callao; Judgment of August 13, 1986 issued
by the First Penal Hall of the Supreme Court; and Pronouncement of October 28, 1986 issued by the
Guarantees Constitutional Tribunal.
32
cf. Supreme Order No. 012-86-IN and Supreme Order No. 006-86-JUS of 2 and 19 June, 1986,
respectively, testimony of Ricardo Aurelio Chumbes Paz before the Court in Neira Alegría et al Case;
Majority opinion by the Investigating Commission of the Congress Peru, regarding the events on June 18
and 19, 1986, at Lurigancho, El Frontón, and Santa Bárbara prisons. Lima, December, 1987, pp. 144 to
150; and Minority opinion by the Commission of the Congress of Peru, regarding the events on June 18
and 19, 1986; at Lurigancho, El Frontón, and Santa Bárbara prisons. Lima, December, 1987, pp. 165 to
170.
33
cf. Article entitled 'Tribunal orders 'freedom' to 3 defendants who died at El Frontón”,published in
'La Republica” newspaper on Friday, July 31,1987; testimony of Virginia Ugarte Rivera before the Court on
September 20, 1999; and notices No. 544.98. INPE-CR-P from the Ministry of Justice and No.
635.98.INPE-CR-P from the Ministry of Justice, of September 18, 1998 and October 31, 1998,
respectively.