(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 20 July 2006, the First Transitory Criminal Bench of the Supreme Court (Primera Sala Penal Transitoria de la Corte Suprema de Justicia) ordered the release of Amaro León, Antonio Torre Camones and Pedro Ángeles Figueroa, accused of killing journalist Antonio de La Torre in February 2004. However, the bench, […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 20 July 2006, the First Transitory Criminal Bench of the Supreme Court (Primera Sala Penal Transitoria de la Corte Suprema de Justicia) ordered the release of Amaro León, Antonio Torre Camones and Pedro Ángeles Figueroa, accused of killing journalist Antonio de La Torre in February 2004. However, the bench, over which Robinson Gonzáles Campos presides, has not yet officially made its ruling public.
Within hours of the decision, the accused were released from jail in Huaraz, a city in the Ancash region in northwestern Peru.
In December 2005 the men had been found guilty and sentenced to 17 years in prison and civil reparations of 20 million soles each (approx. US$6,000) by the Superior Court of Ancash. However, their defence lawyers appealed the ruling, and the case therefore was sent up to the Supreme Court.
No information on the decision was provided at the courthouse, but it is expected that all the parties will be notified about it shortly.
