Confirmation that Fuji Forces Massacred Embassy Rebels

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[Let no one say that Progress does not exist. It used to take at
least 25 to 30 years to get the truth out. Here it is only 5 since
the siege at the Japanese Embassy in Peru, and -- wow, big surprise!
-- we learn that, yes indeed, the US-supported Fuji Forces massacred
those who occupied the Japanese Embassy in Lima. That's almost
quickly enough for people up here in Disneylandia to remember that
the Embassy seizure actually happened. If they blink, they might
forget that Toledo's presidency was supposed to be the Great White
Hope.  -- NY Transfer]


AP via The New York Times - May 18, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Peru-Hostage-Report.html

Rebels Executed at Ambassador's

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:51 p.m. ET

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian commandos shot from behind at least eight
of the 14 rebels who surrendered during a 1997 raid that ended a
four-month hostage standoff at the Japanese ambassador's residence,
according to a forensic report.

The report by the Peruvian Institute of Forensic Anthropology was
based on an examination of the remains of the 14 rebels exhumed last
year. Although the report has not been officially released, it has
been excerpted in various local media reports.

Two army officers and all 14 rebels of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary
Movement died in the rescue.  Seventy-two hostages were freed,
including one who died later from gunshot wounds.

The study said bullet wounds in eight of the 14 rebels are believed
to have been executed at close range with shots delivered to the back
of their necks.

""The fact that the wounds followed the same trajectory, from back to
front, suggests that the position of the victims with respect to the
shooter was the same and that the movement (of the victim) was
minimal to nonexistent," the report said.

In one case, examiners concluded that a rebel who had already
received a crushing blow to the skull was shot in the head and neck.

The 140 commandos who blasted their way into the residence by
exploding bombs from underground tunnels became national heroes after
the raid.

On Monday, prosecutors investigating the possibility of
extra-judicial executions issued an arrest order for 12 current and
former officers involved in the raid. The order has sparked
indignation among officials and some former hostages

Copyright (c) 2002 Associated Press


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*PERU: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES OVER OFFICERS SUSPECTED OF MURDERING REBELS

Lima, May 18 (RHC) -- Controversy continues on the rise in Peru over
the cases of military officers suspected of having summarily executed
leftist guerrillas five years in a hostage standoff. With President
Alejandro Toledo's administration fiercely opposing arrest warrants
issued against a dozen high-ranking officers believed to have gunned
down Tupac Amaru guerrillas who had surrendered after the military
stormed the Japanese embassy in Lima, the Peruvian judiciary has
slammed the executive branch's interference in judicial matters.

In a statement published Saturday in local news dailies, the Judicial
Executive Council accused Defense Minister Aurelio Loret de Mola of
exceeding his constitutional attributions. In reference to the arrest
warrants, Loret de Mola recently stated that the judiciary is
reaching extremes that can be considered unacceptable.

At the same time, Peru's Truth Commission - set up to investigate
human rights abuse between 1980 and 2000 following the collapse of
the Alberto Fujimori government - has questioned the Toledo
administration's announcement that it will consider an amnesty for
any military officers eventually tried and convicted in connection
with the Japanese embassy hostage affair. The Truth Commission
reminded the government that since Fujimori fled the country a
so-called democratic transition is supposed to underway.

One of the Japanese hostages affirmed several years ago, and
reiterated this week, that he saw 3 Tupac Amaru guerrillas alive when
the military operation was over. But the local news daily La
República reported Saturday that according to a forensic
investigation, as may as 8 of the 14 rebels were executed.

(c) 2002 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. All rights reserved.

 
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