April 14, 2008

Peruvian Court Convicts Military Squad of 1992 University Killings

By Mike Ceaser

Manta, Ecuador

A Peruvian court ruled last week that the military death squad that committed a 1992 university massacre was under the command of Alberto Fujimori, a former president who is on trial himself for human-rights violations. The death squad, named the Colina Group, killed nine university students and a professor.

Mr. Fujimori has asserted that the group acted independently. But in its ruling, the First Anti-Corruption Court of Lima stated that "Colina answered to the presidency and