Democratizing Peru held its own death-squad veterans accountable

Evidence

Despite considerable resistance from the armed forces, the government actually began arresting veterans of Montesinos-sanctioned death squads that had engaged in abductions and killings of suspected rebels and dissenters during the 1990s, as well as media executives that accepted bribes for favorable coverage of Alberto Fujimori. It also began prosecution in absentia of Fujimori himself, and took steps to ask Japan for his extradition. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 506

Categorization

• XREF: Directly bears on reader’s question: in Peru the state’s own lethal agents and their backers were prosecuted after democratic transition — evidence relevant to whether regime type shapes which contention gets legitimated. — connects to: Most Peruvian political-violence victims were neglected highland Indian peasants — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 701
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 506

Broader Connections

• Most Peruvian political-violence victims were neglected highland Indian peasants #qualifies (0.72) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 701