17 83. The partial reference autopsies that were actually performed found that the fourteen MRTA members had died of “hypovolemic shock due to GSW” (gunshot wounds).67 Orders were also given for the identification of the bodies by fingerprinting experts and the recording of death certificates for them.68 According to the testimony given by two expert witnesses to the Office of the Prosecutor, whose signatures appear on the Report of identification and removal of corpses, they were not present at the moment of such identification and removal, but were later forced by military authorities to sign the 69 Report. 84. Fernando Vianderas Ottone, Director General of the National Police, ordered the Director General of Health, Martín Solari de la Fuente, to take all pertinent measures to ensure that the autopsies were performed in an atmosphere that would allow “strict control over the entry of persons” and prohibited the taking of photographs and films. He also ordered that only the staff in charge of autopsies and personnel from the legal department of the army would be allowed access, “which restricted the access of the National Police specialists who were to perform the auxiliary examinations; those who were allowed 70 into the Autopsy Room were not permitted to take the necessary samples for that purpose. Moreover, according to the declarations given by the expert witnesses that performed the necropsies, “the chief in service gave the order to do the minimum possible”; the orders came directly from the President; the National Police Hospital was not an adequate environment to perform the necropsies, because the 71 patients who died with criminal signs in such hospital were transferred to the Central Morgue of Lima. 85. The bodies of the fourteen MRTA members were secretly buried by National Police officers in different cemeteries in the city of Lima. All of the bodies were identified as N.N., with the 72 73 exception of three, one of which was Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez . 86. On April 30, 1997, the Armed Forces prepared a report on the implementation of 74 Operations Plan Chavín de Huántar. Investigation into the events 87. Three years after Operation Chavín de Huántar, relatives of some of the dead MRTA members lodged a criminal complaint before the Public Ministry claiming that they had been summarily 75 executed. 67 Appendix 16, Partial reference autopsies of the fourteen MRTA members, appendix submitted at the public hearing. 68 Appendix 6, Report of the identification and removal of the corpses of the criminal terrorists belonging to the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement found in the Residence of the Ambassador of Japan, appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008. Order for release of remains of April 25, 1997, appendix submitted at the public hearing. Appendix 17, Death certificate and autopsy certificate of Eduardo Nicolás Cruz Sánchez, appendix submitted at the public hearing. See also, Appendix 3, Non-certified copy of the order to initiate proceedings of June 11, 2002, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008 and February 6, 2009 and appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008. Appendix to the State’s communication of December 1, 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing. 69 Inquiry by the Public Ministry of September 22, 2006, (file provided by the State). See also, Appendix 3, Non-certified copy of the order to initiate proceedings of June 11, 2002, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008 and February 6, 2009 and appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008. Appendix to the State’s communication of December 1, 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing. 70 72 71 Inquiry by the Public Ministry of September 22, 2006, (file provided by the State). Roli Rojas Fernández, Néstor Cerpa Cartolini and Eduardo Cruz Sánchez. 73 Appendix 18, Certificate of verification of the graves of members of the terrorist criminals [DD-TT], public hearing. See also, Appendix 3, Non-certified copy of the order to initiate proceedings of June 11, 2002, appendix to the State’s communication of August 5, 2008 and February 6, 2009 and appendix to the representatives’ communication of April 22, 2008. Appendix to the State’s communication of December 1, 2003, appendix submitted at the public hearing. Appendix 1, TRC, 2.66. EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN THE RESIDENCE OF THE AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN (1997), TRC, http://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/pdf/TOMO%20VII/Casos%20Ilustrativos-UIE/2.66.%20%20ENABJADA%20JAPON.pdf. 74 Report No. 01-1 Special Forces Div. [Div. FFEE], April 1997 Operation Chavín de Huántar (Hostage Rescue Operation), Appendix 7 to the State’s communication of February 6, 2009. 75 TRC, Appendix 1, TRC, 2.66. EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN THE RESIDENCE OF THE AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN (1997), http://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/pdf/TOMO%20VII/Casos%20Ilustrativos-UIE/2.66.%20%20ENABJADA%20JAPON.pdf Continues…