“Comrade Jorge” asks the court to cancel the sentence imposed on him for 9 months of pre-trial detention

Flumencio Gio, a.k.a. “Comrade Jorge”, accused Police as a subordinate Martha Huatai, attorney associated with shining pathasked Power of attorney repeal the decision that imposes nine months of pre-trial detention for the crime of aggravated terrorism to the detriment of the state.

Through his legal protection, Jayo Diaz He expressed his disagreement when appealing the decision of the judge Jorge Chavez Tamariswho on March 24 announced a request prosecution to nine months of pre-trial detention on the said charge.

In this regard, the judge Chavez Tamariz decided to “satisfy” this appeal and transfer it to one of the criminal chambers national supreme court evaluate it in a scheduled stakeholder hearing for a final decision on the matter.

As you know, Flumencio Gio Diaz, nicknamed “Comrade Jorge”, was captured on March 25 by officers of the Office of Counter Terrorism (Dircote) of the US Department of Defense. National Police in the Ayacucho area.

He is accused of participating in a terrorist attack, which shining path committed on July 16, 1992 on the street. tarata in the Miraflores district of Lima, which killed 25 people, injured dozens and caused significant property damage.

advocate for cases Terrorism requested in January of this year that Martha Huatai And Jayo Diaz to pay the sum of two million sols in civil compensation to the state in a criminal case initiated on the fact of an attack on the street tarata.

Attack on Tarata Street

On the night of July 16, 1992, terrorists from shining path carried out an attack in the center of Lima, which, after causing 25 killed and 155 woundedprovoked a mass reaction of rejection of citizens and three decades later became symbol defeating a terrorist group, forcing its entire leadership to condemn life imprisonment.

That Thursday, 30 years ago, at 9:35 pm, when many families were already resting in their homes, Tarata street, in Miraflores areawhich destroyed and damaged buildings, businesses and vehicles in this famous tourist and residential area of ​​Lima.

Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (CVR) indicated in his final report for 2003 that this attack was carried out in the context of the Shining Path bombing from January to July 1992. 37 car bombs in Limaresulting in the death of about 50 people.

On September 11, 1992, a little less than two months after the attack, Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) Peruvian police detained Abimael Guzmán at a home in Lima, who remained in prison until his death at the age of 86 in September 2021.