This Tuesday the cessation of César San Martín Castro as supreme judge when he turned 70 years of age, of which almost 50 years were spent performing functions in the justice system.
The resolution was published today in the official newspaper El Peruano and bears the signature of the head of the Judiciary, Janet Tello.
San Martín presided over the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court that handed down the historic sentence in 2009 against former president Alberto Fujimori for the murders in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases.
The court imposed 25 years in prison on the now deceased Fujimori for crimes against life, body and health; and for the kidnapping of journalist Gustavo Gorriti and businessman Samuel Dyer.
The farewell ceremony was held yesterday at the Palace of Justice, where the veteran judge and former president of the Judiciary gave his last speech.
“I have gone through, like the vast majority of judges, great and serious experiences, confrontations with those who wanted to limit and subjugate us, emblematic trials, difficult cases, dramatic cases, pressures and unfair and interested media campaigns, hatred from obsessive people,” he said.
San Martín Castro leaves the position presiding over the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, a position that, according to sources, will be occupied by Víctor Prado Saldarriaga.
Prado is the oldest supreme member of the Plenary Chamber and was also a member of the court that convicted Fujimori in 2009.
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