Peru former spy chief “burned bodies in oven”September 28, 2016 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A court in Peru has sentenced the country's former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, to 22 years in jail for the forced disappearance of a professor and two students in 1993, according to BBC News. They were killed in detention and their bodies burned in an oven in the basement of the intelligence agency. Former army chief of staff Nicolas Hermoza Rios was also found guilty of the same crime. Montesinos, 71, is already serving a sentence for crimes against humanity. He was widely regarded as the power behind the throne in President Alberto Fujimori's government, which ruled Peru from 1990 to 2000. The former president is also in jail over human rights abuses committed during his time in office, including authorising killings carried out by death squads. This latest trial of Montesinos has confirmed the existence of a secret detention centre at the army headquarters in the capital Lima, the prosecution said. Prosecutor Carlos Rivera said that "these crimes which occurred in the basement of the army intelligence service can't but prove the existence of a systematic policy of violating people's human rights". Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |