TABLE OF CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION........................................... 4
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ...................................................................... 5
III JURISDICTION ................................................................................................... 7
IV PRELIMINARY OBJECTION .................................................................................. 7
A. Arguments of the State and observations of the Commission and of the representatives ........................................ 7
B. Considerations of the Court ....................................................................................................................................... 8
V PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................................... 8
A. Inclusion of absent alleged victims ............................................................................................................................ 8
B. Inclusion of A.A.D.P. as an alleged victim................................................................................................................ 10
VI EVIDENCE ......................................................................................................... 11
A. Admissibility of the documentary evidence ............................................................................................................. 11
B. Admissibility of the testimonial and expert evidence ................................................................................................ 12
VII FACTS .............................................................................................................. 14
A. Relevant legal framework ....................................................................................................................................... 14
B. The attack on the Prosegur truck, the subsequent raids, and the arrest of the suspects ........................................ 15
B.1. The attack on the Prosegur truck .................................................................................................................. 16
B.2. The raids ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
B.3. The detentions and the presentation to the media ....................................................................................... 20
B.4. The death of María Fernanda Peña Gallardo ................................................................................................. 25
C. The criminal proceedings against the alleged victims, convictions, and execution of sentence .............................. 26
C.1. The criminal proceedings against the alleged victims .................................................................................... 26
C.2. Execution of the sentences ............................................................................................................................ 30
D. The investigation into the complaints of ill-treatment and torture ......................................................................... 31
VIII MERITS .......................................................................................................... 34
VIII-1 RIGHTS TO PERSONAL LIBERTY, PRIVACY, INVIOLABILITY OF THE HOME,
PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY, and PROPERTY........................................................ 35
A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................................................... 35
B. Considerations of the Court ...................................................................................................................................... 36
B.1. Right to personal liberty ................................................................................................................................. 36
B.2. Rights to privacy, inviolability of the home, and family life ........................................................................... 43
B.3. Right to property ........................................................................................................................................... 47
VIII-2 .................................................................................................................... 48
RIGHTS TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY and OF WOMEN TO LIVE WITHOUT VIOLENCE 48
A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................................................... 48
B. Considerations of the Court ...................................................................................................................................... 50
B.1. General guidelines on the right to personal integrity and the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, and
the means of evidence ......................................................................................................................................... 50
B.2. The acts of torture and ill-treatment during the raids and the detentions .................................................... 51
B.3. The particular sexual violence and torture suffered by the women .............................................................. 54
B.4. The measures of solitary confinement .......................................................................................................... 57
B.5. The conditions of the detention centers ....................................................................................................... 57
B.6. The alleged violation of the personal integrity of María Fernanda Peña Gallardo ........................................ 58
B.7. Conclusions .................................................................................................................................................... 58
VIII-3 .................................................................................................................... 59
VIOLATION OF PERSONAL LIBERTY, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, and THE RIGHTS OF
THE CHILD IN THE CASE of the child ALLEGED VICTIMS ........................................ 59
A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................................................... 59
B. Considerations of the Court ...................................................................................................................................... 60
VIII-4 .................................................................................................................... 62
RIGHT TO LIFE OF GENARO AHUACHO LUNA .......................................................... 62
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