Peru: leader of Sender Luminoso died 1:28
(CNN Spanish) -
This Monday, two days after the death of Abimael Guzmán, founder of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, spokesmen for the parliamentary groups of the Peruvian Congress published a statement in which they stated that Guzmán's body "must be cremated "and not create spaces for" acts of vindication of the leader to be carried out. "
The government of President Pedro Castillo indicated this Sunday in his Twitter account that they respect the law and the independence of powers, and that it is not for them "to decide on the final disposition of the body of terrorist Abimael Guzmán, since it is the responsibility of the Public Ministry ".
For her part, Zoraida Ávalos Rivera, the nation's prosecutor, said this Monday in an interview with the local media RPP Noticias and that was published on the Public Ministry's Twitter account that as Guzmán died in his cell it was necessary to open an investigation and his The body has already been subjected to several anthropological, pathological, odontograms, toxicological examinations, DNA tests, among others.
The prosecutor indicated that she had been informed that the odontogram and fingerprint evidence corresponded to Guzmán's identity.
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"With regard to incineration, there is no regulatory framework that provides for it. This is a void that we are seeing ... that must be dealt with by the competent bodies, call the Congress or call the Executive," said Ávalos Rivera.
At the moment, it is unknown what will happen to the body of the former Shining Path leader.
According to Ávalos Rivera, the investigation to determine the cause of his death is underway.
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Guzmán died this Saturday in a maximum security detention center due to "complications in his state of health," the National Penitentiary Institute reported in a statement.
Guzmán, alias "Comrade Gonzalo" and who was in years the most wanted man in Peru, was arrested in 1992 and was serving a life sentence for the crime of terrorism.
He was also convicted of illicit drug trafficking.
Shining Path was responsible for more than 30,000 deaths in Peru between 1980 and 2000, according to the report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
One of the most remembered terrorist attacks attributed to the Shining Path occurred in 1992 when two car bombs exploded in Lima, leaving 25 dead.