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E.6. Ordinary Jurisdiction: National Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima –
Criminal Case No. 42-06 (Judicial proceedings against Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas and
others)
125. On October 31, 2006, the National Criminal Chamber of Lima decided to hear the case
since it had been assigned jurisdiction to hear crimes against humanity and common crimes that
may have constituted violations of human rights, as well as related rights. 132 Accordingly, on
November 14, 2006, the Mixed Chamber of the Huancavelica Superior Court forwarded the case
file. 133 Once the case was taken up, on December 18, 2006, the National Criminal Chamber
approved the dismissal of the proceedings against the detainee and defendant Carlos Manuel
Prado Chinchay (also identified as Carlos Saa Prado Chinchay), on the grounds that he was a
minor at the time of the events. It also ordered his immediate release, the suspension of the
arrest warrants issued against him and the annulment of any records generated. 134 According to
information provided by the State, Carlos Manuel Prado Chinchay is not involved in any
investigation or criminal proceedings related to the facts of this case.
126. On December 6, 2007, the trial against Oscar Alberto Carrera Gonzáles (prison inmate
who had been captured), Javier Bendezú Vargas, Duilio Chipana Tarqui, Fidel Gino Eusebio
Huaytalla and Dennis Wilfredo Pacheco Zambrano (defendants in absentia) began. In relation to
the facts attributed to military personnel to the detriment of 15 victims in this case, in the
judgment of March 4, 2008, at the end of the trial the National Criminal Chamber dismissed the
criminal action against Oscar Alberto Carrera Gonzáles for the crimes of damages, theft and the
offenses against the administration of justice owing to the statute of limitations, and acquitted
him of the crime of genocide. Regarding the proceedings against the absent defendants Javier
Bendezú Vargas, Duilio Chipana Tarqui, Fidel Gino Eusebio Huaytalla and Dennis Wilfredo
Pacheco Zambrano, these were placed on hold, until they could be apprehended. The judge also
ordered that certified copies of the file be sent to the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of
Huancavelica, in order to open a criminal investigation against Simón Fidel Breña Palante for
allegedly committing the crime of genocide in relation to the facts of this case. 135
127. The Superior Public Prosecutor’s Office and the civil party filed a motion for annulment
against that judgment. 136 On April 15, 2009, the Transitional Criminal Chamber of the Supreme
Court of Peru issued a final judgment (ejecutoría suprema), consistent with the opinion of the
Public Prosecutor’s Office, ruling that there was no annulment of the judgment of March 4, 2008,
in those aspects that declared, ex officio, the criminal action against Oscar Alberto Carrera
González extinguished based on the statute of limitations for the crimes of aggravated theft and
damages, and null and void in the aspects that acquitted him of the crime of genocide, ordering
that a new trial be held on these aspects. 137 Consequently, the case was returned to the National
Criminal Chamber which, on November 9, 2009, issued the following order:
The absent defendant Javier Bendezú Vargas registers domicile in the city of Lima, being retired from the
Peruvian Army; the defendant Duilio Chipana Tarqui is, according to a report from the General Secretariat of
the Ministry of Defense, active in the unit Esc. Cmdos.; likewise, the defendant Fidel Gino Eusebio Huaytalla
appears as a member of the Peruvian Army active in the unit BTN CS.N.77 and Dennis Wilfredo Pacheco registers
domicile address in Buenos Aires Argentina; therefore, in view of his legal situation it is appropriate to order
the following: a) To request the National Directorate of Migration to submit the report on the migratory
Cf. Judgment of the National Criminal Chamber of February 9, 2012 (evidence file, folio 4374).
Cf. Official letter No. 868-2007-JUS/CNDH-SE of May 31, 2007 from the Executive Secretary of the National
Human Rights Council to the Representative of the Judiciary before the National Human Rights Council (evidence file,
folio 184).
134
Cf. Decision of December 18, 2006 of the National Criminal Chamber (evidence file, folios 4149 to 4151).
135
Cf. Judgment of the National Criminal Chamber of March 4, 2008 (evidence file, folios 4196 and 4198 to 4200).
136
Cf. Motions for annulment filed by the Superior Public Prosecutor's Office and the civil party against the
judgment of March 4, 2008 (evidence file, folios 4202 to 4239).
137
Cf. Judgment of the First Transitional Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of April 15, 2009
(evidence file, folios 4241 to 4250).
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