21 allegedly misplaced, is signed by the Public Prosecutor, Víctor Aguirre Visag, and Luis Antonio Galindo Cárdenas; 52 the name of attorney Dr. Jimmy Denegri Mártinez appears, but not his signature or a fingerprint. 94. On October 16, 1994, the President of the Republic, Alberto Fujimori, issued a number of statements to the media in which he accused the rector of the Universidad de Huánuco and the President of the Huánuco Superior Court of having ties with the Sendero Luminoso. The President announced that both had been 53 placed under arrest in an operation and had applied to avail themselves of the benefits of the Repentance Law. 95. On October 17, 1994, the Ministry of Defense, Frente Huallaga, published an official communiqué in which it announced that the following transpired during the pacification operations that the police conducted on October 14, 1994, in the district, province and department of Huánuco: At 11:15 a.m., Huánuco DECOTE/PNP personnel, in the presence of the prosecutor on duty, captured the alleged Sendero Luminoso terrorist identified as: - Doctor Luis Galindo Cárdenas, magistrate of the Huánuco Superior Court who, following the preliminary 54 investigations, applied to avail himself of the benefits of the Repentance Law. … . 96. On October 18, 1994, the President of the Republic corrected the statements he made on October 16, 1994: President Alberto Fujimori today made a clarification to the effect that due a mental slip, he had mistakenly accused the President of the Huánuco Superior Court, Humberto Jajahuanca Vásquez, of having ties to the Sendero Luminoso. The head of state explained that the serious accusation was actually being made against a “magistrate of the Huánuco Superior Court (…) He was obviously referring to Dr. Luís Galindo Cárdenas, a member of the Superior Court in that Andean city (…) He added that the “investigations will continue and there were already documents in which both officials –the member of the court and the rector of the university- asked 55 to apply for the Repentance Law. …The President added that the intelligence investigation has established their ties to the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group. “Both have revealed this in the presence of the Huánuco civil prosecutor. He therefore maintained that “this was more than a mere accusation.” The head of state observed that the member of the Superior Court and the University rector are under investigation, although he did not believe either one was in the upper echelons of the terrorist group. He observed that the Repentance Law has revealed that the Sendero Luminoso has infiltrated the higher levels of the judiciary. He emphasized that the Repentance 56 Law would expire next November. 97. The Commission notes that from its March 1996 review of the passive files on record in the DECOTE PNP Hco. Sub Unit, the Huánuco DECOTE concluded that “on October 19, 1994, the person Luis Galindo 52 Annex 24. Page six of the deposition by Luis Antonio Galindo Cárdenas (46)., signed by the examiner, Public rosecutor’s Office, Dr. Víctor Aguirre Visag, the attorney and the deponent, Luis A. Galindo Cárdenas. Attached to the petitioner’s brief of January 3, 1996. 53 Annex 2. The newspaper La República, Peru, Tuesday, October 18, 1994, p. 8 “Fujimori dice que fue un “lapsus” acusación a presidente de Corte. “Rector y magistrado de Huánuco niegan vínculo con el terrorismo” [Fujimori says the accusation made against the president of the Court was a “mental slip.” “University rector and Huánuco magistrate deny ties to terrorism”]. Annex 3 to the brief received from the petitioner on July 31, 2007. 54 Annex 4. Official Communiqué No. 068/RRPP/F-H, Tarapoto, October 17, 1994, Office of Public Relations, Military Political Command, Frente Huallaga. Attachment to the petitioner’s brief of January 3, 1996. 55 Annex 2. The newspaper La República, Peru, Tuesday, October 18, 1994, p. 8 “Fujimori dice que fue un “lapsus” acusación a presidente de Corte. “Rector y magistrado de Huánuco niegan vínculo con el terrorismo” [Fujimori says the accusation made against the president of the Court was a “mental slip.” “University rector and Huánuco magistrate deny ties to terrorism”]. Annex 3 to the brief received from the petitioner on July 31, 2007 56 Annex 5. Expreso: “Un vocal de la Corte Superior de Huánuco es el arrepentido” [Huánuco Superior Court magistrate a repentant], Tuesday, October 18, 1994, p. A4. Attachment to the petitioner’s brief of January 3, 1996.