a)
José Carlos Trujillo Oroza was born on May 15, 1949, illegally detained
on December 23, 1971, and seen for the last time on February 2, 1972, in
Santa Cruz, Bolivia. At that time, he was approximately 22 years of age16;
b)
during his detention, José Carlos Trujillo Oroza was tortured and at the
date of delivery of this judgment is disappeared17;
c)
at the date of delivery of this judgment, the whereabouts of the
remains of José Carlos Trujillo Oroza are unknown18;
d)
the life expectancy of a man of approximately 22 years of age in
Bolivia for the period from 1970 to 1975 was approximately 42 more years;
in other words, a total of about 64 years19;
e)
José Carlos Trujillo Oroza was studying the first and second year of
philosophy at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés20;
f)
José Carlos Trujillo Oroza’s mother is Antonia Gladys Oroza de Solón
Romero, his adoptive father or stepfather is Walter Solón Romero Gonzales,
and his brothers are Pablo Erick Solón Romero Oroza and Walter Solón
Romero Oroza. His adoptive father or stepfather died on July 27, 199921;
16
cf. Copy of birth certificate No. 010699 of José Carlos Trujillo Oroza issued on March 27, 2000, by
the National Electoral Court, Registry Office, Bolivia (folio 24 of the Reparations evidence file); testimony
of Antonia Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero given to the Court on September 6, 2001; copy of the legal file
before the Capital’s Fifth Criminal Trial Court, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (folios 67 to 246 and 275 to 1143 of the
Reparations evidence file); and constitutional judgment Nº 1190/01-R delivered by the Constitutional
Court on November 12, 2001, deciding on the application for amparo filed by Antonia Gladys Oroza, widow
of Solón Romero (folios 461 to 472 of Tome II of the Reparations file).
17
cf. testimony of Antonia Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero given to the Court on September 6,
2001; copy of the legal file before the Capital’s Fifth Criminal Trial Court,, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (folios 67 to
246 and 275 to 1143 of the Reparations evidence file); constitutional judgment Nº 1190/01-R delivered by
the Constitutional Court on November 12, 2001 deciding on the application for amparo filed by Antonia
Gladys Oroza, widow of Solón Romero (folios 463 to 472 of Tome II of the Reparations file); and July
1984 report by the National Investigative Committee on the Disappeared (Forced Disappeared) concerning
the disappearance of José Carlos Trujillo Oroza (attachment 6 to the application).
18
cf. testimony of Antonia Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero given to the Court on September 6,
2001; constitutional judgment Nº 1190/01-R delivered by the Constitutional Court on November 12, 2001
deciding on the application for amparo filed by Antonia Gladys Oroza, widow of Solón Romero (folios 463
to 472 of Tome II of the Reparations file); application for constitutional amparo filed by Antonia Gladys
Oroza widow of Solón Romero on July 27, 2001, before the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Santa
Cruz (folios 533 to 558 of Tome II of the Reparations file); and copy of the legal file before the Capital’s
Fifth Criminal Trial Court, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (folios 67 to 246 and 275 to 1143 of the Reparations
evidence file).
19
cf. table entitled “Bolivia: Esperanza de vida por períodos quinquenales y sexo, según grupos de
edad”, prepared by the National Statistics Institute (folio 1186 of the Reparations evidence file).
20
cf. copy of certificate issued by the Director of the Archives of La Paz, attached to the Faculty of
Humanities and Educational Science of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés concerning the courses taken
by José Carlos Trujillo Oroza (folio 26 of the Reparations evidence file); testimony of Antonia Gladys Oroza
de Solón Romero given to the Court on September 6, 2001; and July 1984 report by the National
Investigative Committee on the Disappeared (Forced Disappeared) concerning the disappearance of José
Carlos Trujillo Oroza (attachment 6 to the application).
21
cf. copy of birth certificate No. 010699 of José Carlos Trujillo Oroza, issued on March 27, 2000,
by the National Electoral Court, Registry Office, Bolivia (folio 24 of the Reparations evidence file); copy of
certificate relating to identity card No. 876483, issued on April 10, 2000, by the National Police Force,