119.
It was also noted that, in her statement made on May 25, 2002 in a public hearing with the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Ms. Cristina Araujo Raymundo stated the following:
Then I went into the garrison and when I entered the garrison, there they were Santiago
Antesana, Emiliano Antesana, and Máximo Antesana as if serving a sentence with pick and
shovel over their shoulder. They were digging. 111
120.
In that regard, in the complaint filed by Ms. Carcausto with the Provincial Criminal
Prosecution Service of Acobamba on November 25, 2004, she indicated the following:
On May 14, 1984, her uncle Máximo Antezana was released […] when he met me he
confirmed that my partner Santiago Antezana was still alive, although on various occasions
he had been tortured and forced to dig the ground to make graves and bury other detainees;
he also said he would often ask in fear: when will it be my turn? He was referring to when he
would be executed without a trial.112
121.
And, in a statement made at the Provincial Joint Prosecution Service of Acobamba, Ms. Rosa
Carcausto indicated that:
[…] Don Máximo Antezana informed me that Santiago and the other detainees had been
tortured […] they made them dig the ground, telling them that those graves were for them
and then they brought other unknown persons and they made them and my partner and his
uncle Máximo and other relatives bury them and were cruelly tortured.113
4.
Néstor Rojas Medina (case 12.225)
122.
According to the account of the petitioners, Néstor Rojas Medina, son of Marcelina Medina
Negrón and Leopoldo Rojas Manuyama, was 20 years old, a student majoring in radio broadcasting, and a
trainee in a radio broadcasting station Radiodifusión RBC in Lima. 114 He was brought up by his mother and
by Abelardo Collantes Quiroz, his mother’s partner. Abelardo Collantes and Marcelina Negrón had a daughter
together, Tania Collantes Medina. January 26, 1991 was the last time that the family had heard from Néstor
Rojas Medina.115
123.
According to the narrative of the petitioners, Néstor Rojas Medina was detained by the
National Police Force with the military base in the city of Tocache, department of San Martín, as a result of a
round-up operation when he went back home for some of his belongings.116
124.
The statement made by Consuelo Leijas Landa, President of the Retailers Association,
indicated the following:
Néstor Rojas Medina and Miguel Campos, when they were walking along Comercio street at
about the tenth block, were stopped by police officers belonging to the PNP, according to
111 Annex 49. Statement made by Ms. Cristina Araujo Raymundo with the CVR of May 25, 2002. Annex to the communication
from the petitioners of July 4, 2011.
112 Annex 42. Complaint filed with the Provincial Joint Prosecution Service of Acobamba by Ms. Carcausto Paco on November
25, 2004. Annex to the communication from the petitioners of January 19, 2005.
113 Annex 50. Statement made by Ms. Rosa Carcausto Paco at the Provincial Joint Prosecution Service of Acobamba on February
17, 2005. Annex to the communication from the state. Note No. 7-5-M/174 Of April 24, 2011.
114
Annex 51. Communication from the petitioners of September 23, 2011.
115Annex 51. Communication from the petitioners of September 23, 2011. The petitioners reported that the records where the
victim’s birth was registered were destroyed, which has prevented her mother from filing court proceedings for a certificate of absence.
116
Annex 51. Communication from the petitioners of September 23, 2011.