In lower court ruling, Attorney dismisses National Army officer

In general dismissal and disability for 20 years was sanctioned by the Attorney General's Office Lt. Nader Guzman Diaz, attached to No. 4 Artillery Battalion "Colonel Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Rodríguez," Fuse 6 company at the time of the events, the death of an unidentified person.

According to research was a person who for the time of the incident was not directly participating in hostilities and therefore was a person protected by international humanitarian law.

The Attorney distorted version according to which the military, were shot before, reacted to the shooting attack, and as a result was discharged to a subject. By contrast, according to the ballistics report, the victim fired the gun that was seized because the weapon was not fit to shoot.

Additionally, the technical report of the Research Directorate of the Office established that the victim inflicted shooting took place less than three meters between the nozzle of the gun and the body.

The prosecution held that the National Army officer committed a disciplinary offense by violating international humanitarian law "with the death of a person as stated was not participating in hostilities affecting the country, if so, is the principle Distinction is enshrined in international humanitarian law. "

Against this decision of first instance the remedy of appeal.