The Army Inspector General concluded that there were no officers or subordinates involved in the suppression of anti-government protests. In Boluarte Responsible for the murder of ten civilians It was recorded on December 15, 2022 in Huamanga, Ayacucho.
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Autopsy protocols provided by the Institute of Legal Medicine indicate that the victims were struck by projectiles compatible with Israeli-made firearms. KhalilWeapons were carried by military elements on the day of the events, as evidenced by hundreds of videos and photographs.
But the final report of the investigator appointed to the case, Brigadier General Marco Marin Saldana, did not attribute the killings to any of the men in uniform.
Accusation. Colonel Lindel Pinto and 11 other subordinates were accused of shooting or allowing civilians to be shot during the crackdown in Ayacucho. Photo: Spread
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General Marco Marin found only minor administrative, bureaucratic and minor violations, attributed to eight uniformed soldiers, who were punished with a simple sentence.
Nothing else
The officers and non-commissioned officers employed on the tragic day were from the Second Warri Infantry Regiment stationed at Huamanga and from the IV Division of the Army, with headquarters at Pichari (Cusco) in the valley of the Apurimac, Eni and Mantaro rivers. (Vraem).
First, General Marco Marin launched operations against 37 troops. In this group, 12 officers who were part of the IV division of the army were accused of serious and very serious violations: for firing, ordering firing or preventing protesters from firing (see document).
However, General Marco Marin absolved them of all charges and concluded that the long-range shooting of dozens of civilians was an invention of the press.
“It has not been proven that the injuries and/or deaths mentioned in the media and social networks were the result of the actions of members of the Armed Forces Patrol,” notes Marco Marin, the inspector general assigned to the case. Page 501 of volume three of the case file accessible to La República.
In the first week of February 2023, the General Commander of IV Division ArmyDivision General Miguel González Bojorguez assigned the investigation of the case to his Inspector General, Brigadier General Marco Marin Saldana.
Soon after, on March 24, General Marin gave his final report to his boss, General Miguel González. It is, remarkably, an open inquiry.
A few weeks later, on May 1, the general who freed soldiers who participated in a crackdown that killed ten civilians received something of an award.
Effective January 1, 2022, General Marco Marin assumed the role of Inspector General of the Army's IV Division. However, as soon as he gave his report without accusing any of the soldiers, he was appointed as the military attaché in Washington and representative of the US Army's South Operational Deputy General Command in Houston, Texas (USA). He traveled to take over duties on May 15, according to his expatriate movement.
On October 5, President Tina Poluarte signed a Supreme Resolution formalizing the defection of General Marco Marin to the United States. Bolavarte is being investigated for the massacre at Ayacucho.
The speed with which the military acted to officially conclude that none of its officers and subordinates were guilty of any of the killings in Huamanga on December 15 contrasts with the slowness and dismissiveness with which it responded to requests from the prosecutor responsible. case. , Mirela Coronel Molero.
He wanted classified documents on the military's actions on December 15 to establish whether they complied with the protocol for the use of forces. as Army Refusing to cooperate, the lawyer had to turn to the Department of Justice to get information from the colonel.
On July 17, 2023, the lawyer colonel asked Judge Margarita Salcedo Guevara to order the military to grant the requested. It consisted of 1,662 pages, divided into three volumes, and contained the final report of General Marco Marin Saldana.
According to a file accessed by La República, Inspector General Marco Marin included thirty officers and non-commissioned officers. But 12 of the army's IV Division (four colonels, two lieutenant colonels, four captains and two lieutenants: see photo box), were prosecuted for the four most serious charges (see document). These soldiers were deployed to Huamanga Airfield to support a contingent of the 2nd Wari Infantry Regiment stationed there.
According to the testimonies collected by Inspector Marco Marin, the troops of the IV Division left the airport and chased the protestors into the surrounding streets, precisely in the areas where many of the ten civilians were killed. For this reason, Marin accused them of serious and very serious violations, unlike the others involved.
In his defense, Colonel Lindel Pinto Ybarsena, head of the IV Division, said he received the order to go to Huamanga without knowing what to do: “It is important to highlight that we did not participate in the operational plan. We did not have an operational plan for SZSN-4 (Sub-National Defense Zone, Huamanga) or IV DE (Bichari) at that time.
Surprisingly, many of the troops interrogated by General Marin gave clues about the perpetrators of the fatal shooting. But the inspector ignored the information. He was very interested in closing the case as soon as possible.
To be continued…
Others involved
Chronology
- 12-16-2022. General Angel Pajulo, Inspector General of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, orders the Army's IV Division to investigate the case.
- 02-01-2023. General Marco Marin Saldana was appointed head of the IV Division Inspectorate to identify soldiers involved in the deaths of civilians.
- 03-24-2023. On December 15, 2022, General Marin delivers his final report exonerating all soldiers involved in the killing of a dozen civilians.
