they were exhibited before the journalists. Photographs from the press conference were published
by several media outlets.89
82. Carlos Álvaro Taboada Valencia indicated that, following his arrest, he was taken to the
courtyard of an unidentified place where there were members of the media and he was presented
as the head of the band in Cochabamba;90 however, the Court has no evidence to prove that this
information was published.
B.3.3. The detentions in the Chonchocoro and Miraflores Prisons and the
death of Genaro Ahuacho Luna
83. In the Chonchocoro Prison, the alleged victims continued to suffer acts of verbal and physical
violence.91 Carlos Eladio Cruz Añez, Víctor Boggiano Bruzzón, Carlos Enrique Castro Ramírez,
Alfredo Bazán y Rosas, Genaro Ahuacho Luna, Elacio Peña Córdova, Oswaldo Lulleman Antezana
were presented: Enrique Castro Ramírez, Genaro Ahuacho Luna, Alfredo Bazán, Elacio Peña Córdova, Luis Lulleman,
Blas Valencia and Eladio Cruz Añez. He also indicated that there were many more people (evidence file, folio 12607).
Affidavit made by Claudia Mariela Valencia Alarcón on June 14, 2022, in which she stated that, during the press
conference, they were presented one-by-one, indicating their names; that, in her case, they said: “[t]his is Claudia
Mariela Valencia Alarcón, daughter of Blas Valencia, complicit in the robbery.” She indicated that she recalled seeing
Gabriel Valencia, Edwin Rodríguez, Mauricio Valenzuela, Blas Valencia and Norma Lupe Alarcón (evidence file, folios
12627 and 12628). Affidavit made by Patricia Gallardo Ardúz on June 15, 2022, in which she indicated that she was
taken, together with the other detainees to the Ministry of the Interior, where all the radio and television media were
present (evidence file, folio 12722). Statement made by Mauricio Valenzuela Valencia during the public hearing in
which he indicated that he had been presented together with Blas Valencia and another two persons, that they gave
out his name and his aliases. He indicated that Alexis Valencia Alarcón and Claudio Centeno Valencia were present in
the room where the conference was held. In her statement during the private hearing, F.E.P.M. indicated that she
recalled that Carlos Eladio Cruz Añez, Luis Lulleman and Oswaldo Lulleman were among those present with her in the
press conference.
The case file contains copies of the following newspaper articles regarding the case, which include photographs
of the press conference:
- The newspaper La Prensa of December 18, 2001 (evidence file, folios 1777 a 1779)
- The newspaper El Diario of December 19, 2001, which named Blas Valencia and Norma de Valencia (evidence
file, folio 1780).
- The weekly publication Pulso of December 21 to 27, 2001 (evidence file, folio 1782).
- The newspaper La Jornada of December 19, 2001. In this article, representative Gómez Rojas identified Claudia
Valencia Alarcón and Gabriel Valencia Alarcón among the people in the photographs of the press conference
(merits file, folios 1760 and 1764). The article also included the list of those detained with their full names.
- The newspaper La Prensa of December 19, 2001. In this article, representative Gómez Rojas identified Mauricio
Valenzuela Valencia among the people in the photographs of the press conference (merits file, folio 1761).
- Unidentified newspaper article in which representative Gómez Rojas identified Norma Alarcón de Valencia
among the people in the photographs of the press conference (merits file, folio 1762). The same newspaper
article includes individual photographs with the following names: Alberto Farfán, Blas Valencia, Carlos Cruz
Añez, Edwin Rodríguez, Norma de Valencia, Luis Lulleman G., Oswaldo Lulleman, Patricia Gallardo, Walter
Herrera, Paola de Zaconeta, Juan Ramírez, F.E.P.M, Elacio Peña, Alfredo Bazán, and Carlos Enrique Castro.
- Unidentified newspaper article in which representative Gómez Rojas identified Blas Valencia among the people
in the photographs of the press conference (evidence file, folio 1763).
- The newspaper El diario of December 19, 2001, which named Blas Valencia, Freddy Cáceres, Patricia Gallardo,
Elacio Peña Córdova, and Walter Herrera as the leaders (evidence file, folio 9796).
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Cf. Affidavit made by Carlos Álvaro Taboada Valencia on June 14, 2022 (evidence file, folio 12623).
Eladio Cruz Añez recounted that: “[o]n entering the Chonchocoro maximum security prison, handcuffed, the
prison guards lined up in two rows, forming a narrow passageway, and obliged us to walk between them in order to
hit us with their firearms and their batons, and to kick us. They also threw gas at us. Then they made us undress
while they beat us and spat into our mouths while inspecting them” (Cf. Statement made by Eladio Cruz Añez,
undated, evidence file, folio 12593). Blas Valencia Campos recounted that, when they arrived at the prison, “they hit
us with their fists, kicked us, and beat us with batons. This continued all night at any time until the morning; this
went on for three days; during those three days, we received no food; on the fourth day we were given a mate tea
with bread” (Cf. Statement by Blas Valencia Campos, undated, evidence file, folio 12757).
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