Colcabamba Case: They dictate 12 months of preventive detention against eight soldiers under investigation

He Judiciary dictated 12 months of preventive detention against eight soldiers from the Pachacutec Special Command Company No. 31 by the death of five people and gunshot wounds to two other survivors of the attack on Colcabamba on April 25 last.

The judicial resolution occurred this Saturday after a hearing that began on Friday morning and was led by the Preparatory Investigation Court of Pampas.

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Those investigated face charges of qualified homicide and attempted homicide to the detriment of five dead and two injured. Among those charged are Captain Luis Montenegro Pardo and Lieutenant Brayan Fernández Dett.

The Prosecutor’s Office, which He had originally requested 18 months of preventive detentionmaintained that the troops used assault rifles against a civilian truck on a highway in Huancavelica.

The ballistic reports indicated projectile impacts in vital areas of the victims such as the head and chest, and it is maintained that there was no confrontation with drug traffickers at the scene.

Investigation in Colcabamba and preventive detention

The attack caused the death of Nilson Montenegro, Jaime Bendezú, William Núñez, Wilder Romero and Cristian Vilcatoma. Two more citizens were seriously injured during the intervention of the military patrol. The relatives of the deceased followed the judicial process virtually from their regions.

Magistrate Joel Matos rejected the defendants’ request to participate remotely for fear of protests. The uniformed men attended the Pampas court in person under police custody. The judge ordered the immediate internment of those involved in a penitentiary center according to INPE classification.