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Peru Courts Uphold 30-Year Sentence and Order New Sentences, Preventive Detention in Cases Involving Minors

Judges spotlight procedural tools that advance prosecutions of sexual violence and alleged feminicide.

Overview

  • César Augusto Guzmán Rodríguez’s 30-year prison term for the rape of a six-year-old was unanimously affirmed by the Sullana Appeals Court, which also set S/20,000 in civil damages.
  • Appellate judges in Sullana rejected release for the octogenarian convict, citing procedural risk despite his advanced age and finding the trial court’s evidentiary reasoning sound.
  • In Huánuco, brothers Elvis and Brayam Encarnación admitted guilt under the conclusión anticipada mechanism and received 17 years, 11 months, and 6 days of effective imprisonment plus S/10,000 in reparations.
  • Prosecutors in Huánuco supported the convictions with testimonial statements, medico-legal examinations, and psychological evaluations, and the court ordered provisional execution of the sentences.
  • In Puno, a judge ordered 18 months of preventive detention for Yony Edgar Cuno Larico as an aggravated feminicide suspect in the case of a 13-year-old, with the ruling based on grave indications, flight risk, and evidence that includes forensic reports, police records, video, and recovered remains under active investigation.