be removed171 and transferred to the Central Hospital of the National Police of Peru, 172 where they were underwent partial autopsies under orders of Police Medical Commander Herbert D. Ángeles Villanueva.173 The 14 MRTA members were assigned identification numbers at the hospital: NN1, NN2, NN3, NN4, NN5, NN6, NN7, NN8, NN9, NN10, NN11, NN12, NN13 and NN14 (John Doe 1-14).174 170. The April 23, 1997 Report on identification and removal of the bodies, signed by the special military judge and the special military prosecutor, recorded that: 175 body NN9, later identified as Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza, presented “three perforations on the right side of the abdomen, two other bullet wounds to the right side of the face, and three perforations in the head;” body NN10, later identified as Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva, was found one-half meter away from the body of Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza and presented “six bullet perforations [and one] bullet wound under the right eye,” and the body of Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez had been found on the ground floor toward the back of the residence and presented “a large opening on the right side of the head, above the ear, […] and his right hand was holding a grenade he had not yet thrown.” 171. The partial selective autopsies found that the 14 MRTA fighters had died of “hypovolemic shock” as a consequence of gunshot wounds. 176 More specifically, the autopsy of Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez describes a “severe gunshot wound to the right side of the head with exposed fractures and loss of encephalic mass” and “bilateral pachypleuritis” in the thorax.177 Víctor Salomón Peceros Pedraza presented gunshot “wounds to the head, thorax and extremities,”178 and Herma Luz Meléndez Cueva presented gunshot “wounds to the head, 171 Cf. Report 01/1st Div FFEE Operation “Chavín de Huántar” (hostage rescue operation) April 30, 1997, p. 11 (evidence file, volume I, annex 2.a to the case submission brief, folio 52). Cf. Record of identification and removal of the bodies of MRTA guerrillas found in the residence of the Japanese ambassador, April 23, 1997 (evidence file, volume I, annex 6 to the case submission brief, folio 123). 172 Cf. Partial selective autopsies of the 14 MRTA guerrillas (evidence file, volume II, annex 16 to the case submission brief, folios 750 to 764), and Report 02-2001.sap-DAD.HCPNP.602122 of January 26, 2001 (evidence file, volume XXVI, CVR evidence, folio 18917). See also, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Informe Final, 2003, volume VII, chapter 2.66, Extrajudicial executions at the residence of the Japanese ambassador (1997), p. 725 (evidence file, volume I, annex I to the case submission brief, folio 11); ruling by the Third Special Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima, October 15, 2012 (evidence file, volume XX, annexed to the representatives’ observations on the State’s preliminary objections, folio 13575); and ruling by the Transitory Criminal Law Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on an appeal to vacate judgment, 3521-2012 July 24, 2013 (evidence file, volume XXI, helpful evidence, folios 14703 to 14704). 173 Cf. Partial selective autopsies of the 14 MRTA guerrillas (evidence file, volume II, annex 16 to the case submission brief, folios 750 to 764), and Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Informe Final, 2003, volume VII, chapter 2.66. Extrajudicial executions at the residence of the Japanese ambassador (1997), p. 725 (evidence file, volume I, annex 1 to the case submission brief, folio 11). 174 Record of identification and removal of the bodies of MRTA guerrillas found in the residence of the Japanese ambassador, April 23, 1997 (evidence file, volume I, annex 6 to the case submission brief, folios 120 a 122). 175 Cf. Partial selective autopsies of the 14 MRTA guerrillas, April 23, 1997 (evidence file, volume II, annex 16 to the case submission brief, folios 750 to 764) See also, Police Report 04-DIRPOCC-DIVAMP-PNP prepared by the National Police of Peru, May 2, 2002 (evidence file, volume XXVI, CVR evidence, folios 18087 to 18093). 176 Partial selective autopsies of the 14 MRTA guerrillas, April 23, 1997 (evidence file, volume II, annex 16 to the case submission brief, folios 750 to 764) 177 Partial selective autopsies of the 09 MRTA guerrillas, April 23, 1997 (evidence file, volume II, annex 16 to the case submission brief, folios 750 to 759) 178