Today the Supreme Court reversed the sentence on Fernando Carrera, who was charged for the murder of three people in 2005. He has already spent seven years in jail.
The high court unanimously ordered a review of the incident which caused the murders. Carrera’s defence filed for the incident to be reviewed after the accused started a hunger strike 19 days ago. The high court declared the case, which has been mired with reports of police corruption, to “lack the adequate foundations,” calling for a new hearing,
Carrera started the hunger strike on the 17th May in protest of his imprisonment, demanding a “prompt resolution,” to what he claims are irregularities in his case.
Massace of Pompeii
On 25th January 2005 Carrera was accused of killing three people, in what was known as the “massacre of Pompeii”. He has been held in jail for seven years, without trial.
Carrera, his family and friends have staunchly proclaimed his innocence in the case. Carrera’s account of the ‘massacre’ occurred when police mistook the accused for a thief.
Driving a Peugeot without licence plates, the police fired warning shots at Carrera’s car to make him stop, accidently wounding him. Carrera, shot and unconscious, lost control of his car, and ran over three people, killing them.
The police’s version of events told of a shoot out between themselves and Carrera, before they wounded him. He was arrested and in 2007 was charged to 30 years in prison for murder, armed robbery, abuse of a legal weapon, and possession of a firearm.
