LIMA, Peru - In a significant development in the decades-old case, the former intelligence chief of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, Vladimiro Montesinos, entered a guilty plea on Monday for his involvement in the 1992 massacre of six farmers in Pativilca, Peru. The victims were accused of being members of a rebel group and were taken from their homes by soldiers before being executed. This plea comes as prosecutors seek a 25-year-sentence for Montesinos, who has been in prison since 2001 on charges of corruption and human rights violations.
Montesinos, now 78 years old, admitted guilt to charges of homicide, murder, and forced disappearance. However, his defense team hopes that his cooperation with the Peruvian courts will result in a reduced sentence. As the former head of Peru's intelligence services during the Fujimori administration in the 1990s, Montesinos played a crucial role in combating rebel groups such as the Shining Path and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary movement.
