Overview

• Defensoría del Pueblo chief Josué Gutiérrez filed an unconstitutionality suit against Law No. 32419, which offers amnesty to security forces for abuses from 1980 to 2000.
• The workers' union of the Defensoría rejected the filing, warning it could enable the court to uphold the law and narrow judges' use of control difuso.
• Families of victims protested outside the Defensoría and urged Gutiérrez to withdraw the case, saying a pro-constitutionality ruling would jeopardize ongoing searches for justice.
• At least three judges have already refused to apply the law in specific cases through control difuso, citing constitutional conflicts.
• Congress approved and the Executive promulgated the measure, which also includes humanitarian release for convicted former personnel over 70.