The Attorney General’s Office stressed that this is the first conviction for the crime of apology for terrorism. In the first instance, in addition, the payment of 10,000 soles for civil reparation was imposed.
The Power of attorney at first instance sentenced Rodrigo Benjamín Benites Silva to eight years in effective prison for apology for a person convicted of the crime of terrorism. The measure imposed by the Fourth National Collegiate Criminal Court of the National Superior Court of Specialized Criminal JusticeIn addition, it requests the payment of 10,000 soles for civil reparation.
Among the grounds presented by the Public Ministry and the Public Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in terrorist crimes is a publication on the Facebook account of Benites Silva, with content that “extols, exalts and justifies” Abimael Guzmán, head of the terrorist organization Sendero Luminoso .
As specified by the Attorney General’s Office, together with the Public Ministry, they were able to prove before the Court that the aforementioned publication was made by the now convicted person.
They also stressed that this is the first conviction for the crime of apology for the crime of terrorism.
In this sense, the public prosecutor Milko Ruiz pointed out that “any statement, publication or expression in which terrorism is glorified, glorified or justified or a person convicted of said crime by means of a final sentence, constitutes an apology crime punishable with a custodial sentence. freedom of up to 15 years”.
