Overview
- Human-rights prosecutors formalized a preparatory investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, naming Humala—identified in case files as “Capitán Carlos”—and four ex-soldiers from the Madre Mía base in 1992.
- The probe covers alleged aggravated homicide and forced disappearance tied to the killings of Edgardo Isla Pérez and Némer Acuña Silva and the disappearances of Luis Alberto Izaguirre Prieto, Nelson Hoyos Sagástegui, Hermes Estela Vásquez and Yandel Leandro Zúñiga.
- Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz declared the case complex, set an eight-month investigative period through May 2026, ordered the accused entered in the National Registry of Processed Persons for forced disappearance and imposed simple court appearance requirements.
- Prosecutors reported the recovery and identification of the remains of two victims and plan statements from the accused and families, forensic analyses and information requests to the Defense Ministry.
- The case revives a file archived by the Supreme Court in 2009 based on new evidence, while Humala’s lawyer alleges political persecution as the former president serves a 15-year sentence for money laundering.