66
197(24)
There was underground communication between pavilions 4B and 1A,
through conduits or tunnels through which the inmates moved from pavilion 4B to 1A
or vice versa. Upon exiting said tunnels they faced a group of police officers, from
which several deaths and injuries resulted.56 In order to move toward pavilion 4B
and avoid being reached by the bullets fired by the snipers, the inmates had to drag
themselves on the floor, and go over the bodies of other inmates that had recently
died.57
197(25)
According to newspaper articles published on May 7, 1992, at
approximately 13:00 hours the Secretary of the Interior and the General Director of
the National Police Force arrived at the criminal center and supervised the actions.58
197(26)
In the afternoon of May 6, 1992 the security agents entered the fourth
floor of pavilion 1A, detaining a group of inmates that were injured from the
gunshots and explosions. They were transferred first to the area called “admissions”
and later to the criminal center "Santa Mónica" of Chorrillos.59
197(27)
The inmates that had some medical or nursing knowledge installed an
improvised clinic in pavilion 4B to attend around 70 wounded inmates.60 The attacks
continued all day long.61
Canto Grande, page 773 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact
disc).
56
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume V, section 2(22), The Prisons, page 702 and section 2(68)
Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center Canto Grande, page 772 (dossier of appendixes to the petition,
appendix 6, corresponding to a compact disc); and newspaper article titled “Pabellón de mujeres se
comunica por túneles al de hombres” published in the newspaper “El Comercio” on May 7, 1992 (dossier
of appendixes to the petition, appendix 46, folio 1037).
57
Cfr. Written testimonial statements of Daniel Grande Ascue, Miriam Rodríguez Peralta, Gertrudis
Silva Breuery, and Yolanda Velarde González (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendixes 128, 95,
97, and 101, folios 1707, 1335, 1371, and 1412); testimonial statement offered by Gaby Balcázar Medina
in the public hearing before the Inter-American Court held on the 26th and 27th days of June 2006; and
written expert opinion offered by José Quiroga (dossier on merits and possible reparations and costs,
volume VII, folio 2148).
58
Cfr. Newspaper article titled “Terroristas se atrincheran en pabellón y atacan con balas,
dinamitazos y ácido” published in the newspaper “la República” on May 7, 1992, newspaper article titled
“Ministro comprobó estado de rebeldía en el penal” published in the newspaper “El Comercio” on May 7,
1992, newspaper article titled “Durante dieciséis horas saldo de enfrentamiento entre terroristas en Canto
Grande” published in the newspaper “Expreso” on May 7, 1992 (dossier of appendixes to the petition,
appendixes 45, 46, and 48, folios 1027, 1031, and 1056)
59
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center
Canto Grande, page 774 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact
disc); and report of the Prosecutor Fiscal Mirtha Campos, official letter N° 142-92-1-OFPPL-MP dated June
5, 1992, addressed to the Nation’s Prosecutor (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 12, folio
131).
60
Cfr. Final Report of the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, CVR, issued on August 27,
2003, in the city of Lima, Peru, Volume VII, section 2(68), Extrajudicial killings in the criminal center
Canto Grande, page 775 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 6, corresponding to a compact
disc); and written testimonial statement of Pascual Utia Lozano (dossier of appendixes to the petition,
appendix 130, folio 1724).