📋 Tender Overview
This was possible thanks to the hard work of the Specialized Terrorism Prosecutors Office, the Public Ministry and the Police.Within the framework of the comprehensive fight against organized crime, the Special Prosecutor for Terrorist Crimes of the Ministry of the Interior (Mininter) has achieved an important victory in the fight against this scourge by obtaining a conviction, by the Judiciary, against three members of the terrorist organization Sendero Luminoso led by Victor Quispe Palomino, alias Jose, in the Vraem area.
The trial, conducted by the Second Collegiate Criminal Court of the Superior Criminal Court of Specialized Justice, determined that the members of the militarized terrorist organization Communist Party of Peru, Edwin Torpoco Ortiz, Brayan Antoni Camarena Mercado, and Victor Alexsandro Abad Hinostroza, comply with severe custodial sentences and the payment of joint and several civil reparations of S/ 200,000 in favor of the Peruvian State.
In this way Torpoco Ortiz and Abad Hinostroza were sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment; while Brayan Camarena Mercado, alias Comrade Abraham, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to the court ruling, these terrorists were responsible for serious crimes that affected the local community, especially in the Vraem area.
Among his most cruel acts is the murder of Yhon Rider Mancilla Parra and his wife Berta Taipe Escajadillo, which occurred on April 25, 2021 in the town of Pichari. They are also responsible for the murder of Urbano Esquivel Camargo, perpetrated on September 7, 2020 in the market in the district of Pangoa, province of Satipo, department of Junin.
It should be remembered that Edgar Edwin Torpoco Ortiz was captured by the National Police of Peru on October 7, 2021 in the Rio Negro area, in the province of Satipo. During his capture, a USB drive was seized that contained detailed information about plans to assassinate journalists Jaime Antezana and Pedro Yaranga.
Joint effort
The conviction and civil reparation imposed are due to the arduous and coordinated work of the Special Prosecutors Office for Terrorist Crimes, the Public Ministry and the National Police of Peru. This inter-institutional cooperation has been essential to carry out an exhaustive and effective investigation that culminated in these exemplary sentences. The resolution of this case demonstrates the determination of the Peruvian State to combat terrorism with all the resources at its disposal.
Along these lines, the Mininter Attorney Generals Office, following the policy of the administration led by Minister Juan Jose Santivanez, ratifies its commitment to exercise a correct legal defense of the State against terrorist organizations that face justice after being captured. by law enforcement.
