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the subject of the investigation were committed during military service, as they occurred during
shooting practice in the Military Base facilities, had been approved by the Army Command, and the
defendant, noncommissioned officer Hilaquita, was employed as an instructor of the same and thus
carrying out his functions.64
Criminal proceeding before the military jurisdiction
77.
On August 18, 2003, the Permanent Military Judge of Huancayo declared admissible the
motion for provisional release of noncommissioned officer Hilaquita, who was freed on August 26, 2003
after spending 9 months and 15 days in preventive detention.65
78.
On December 23, 2003, the President of the Permanent War Council of the Second
Judicial Zone of the Army presented the Final Report based on the action against soldier Hilaquita
Quispe for the crime of abuse of authority against soldier Quispealaya Vilcapoma, which was issued by
the Permanent Military Judge of Huancayo.66 According to this opinion, the Fifth Permanent Military
Judge of Huancayo stated that he believed that the soldier Hilaquita Quispe was neither the perpetrator
nor responsible for the crime of Abuse of Authority established in Article 180(2) of the Code of Military
Justice, according to the justification that the direct imputation of the victim had only been
corroborated by the testimony of former Corporal SM Edson Huayra Arancibia, while there were 15
other witness testimonies from military personnel that were present during the shooting practice that
indicated that they did not see the defendant strike the victim. The report similarly indicated that the
victim enlisted in the military service with problems with his vision, just as the testimony of the director
of the Superior Institute Juan Enrique Pestalozi corroborated, where the victim had studied before
enlisting in the military service.67
79.
On May 17, 2004, the Superior Prosecutor of the Permanent War Council of the Second
Military Zone presented an indictment against soldier Hilaquita Quispe as the perpetrator of the crime
of abuse of authority68 to the detriment of Mr. Quispealaya and requested that a sentence of 18 months
of prison and a fine of 3,000 soles be imposed on him as a civil reparation.69 The accusation was based,
among other things: 1) on the fact that Technician Calderon, who covered Mr. Quispealaya’s eye during
the second exercise, indicated that when he covered his eye, the latter had “a red eye and a bump on
the center of his forehead”; 2) that when the Recruitment Office performed the customary
psychosomatic examinations prior to enlisting Mr. Quispealaya in the Army, as well as the Unit where he
was assigned gave him a Medical Examination for Incorporation and, according to these examinations
64
Annex 18. Criminal Chamber. Competency No. 08-2003. 5th Permanent JM of Huancayo II ZJE-5º JP of Huancayo of
May 12, 2003. Annex 23 of the petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
65
Annex 19. Final Report No. 005-2003/5to. JMPH-2da ZJE of December 23, 2003. Annex to the State’s
communication October 18, 2004.
66
Annex 19. Final Report No. 005-2003/5to. JMPH-2da ZJE of December 23, 2003. Annex to the State’s
communication October 18, 2004.
67
Annex 19. Final Report No. 005-2003/5to. JMPH-2da ZJE of December 23, 2003. Annex to the State’s
communication October 18, 2004.
68
According to the indictment, the crime of abuse of authority is defined in Article 179 of the Code of Military Justice
as “Exceeding the performance of one’s duties to the detriment of an inferior officer or any other person.”
69
Annex 37. Prosecutorial Indictment No. 004 of May 17, 2004, addressed to Mr. CRL President of the CGP of the 2nd
ZJE. Annex to the State’s communication June 3, 2013.