53. On July 23, 1998, investigation officers submitted the investigative report on the facts of this case86 to Adrián Octavio Rosales, the Prosecutor in charge of the case (hereinafter, “Prosecutor Rosales”), which established Mr. Oscar Aurelio Rodríguez Molina as the supposed perpetrator of the acts committed.87 This report was presented to the Catacamas Civil Court (hereinafter, the “Civil Court”) on October 19, 1998.88 May 19 and 22, June 9 and 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, pages 9380, 9552, 9384 and 9355 ); statement of José Santos Martínez rendered on May 19, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9548); statements of Fausto Paulino Rovelo Vargas rendered on May 20, June 10 and 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, pages 9412, 9371 and 9378); testimony of Natividad Rodríguez Sánchez rendered on May 20, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9546); statements of Doris Liliana Herrera Ascencio, rendered on May 21 and 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , pages 9541 and 9563); statement of Carlos Humberto Núñez rendered on May 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9543); statement of José Donaldo Escobar rendered on May 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9556); statement of Franklin David Núñez Cárcamo rendered on May 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9558); statement of Eliseo Oviedo rendered on May 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9561); statement of María Concepción Cárcamo rendered on May 23, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9550); statement of Olvin Adolfo Nuñez Cárcamo rendered on May 22, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9552); statement of Olga Marisela Cárcamo Núñez rendered on May 23, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9565); statement of Sandra Yamileth Valderramos García rendered on June 9, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9425); statement of Obdulio Roberto Cruz Navarro rendered on June 9, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9429); statement of Juan Rosa Gonzales Salgado rendered on June 9, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9500); statement of Manuel Antonio Pacheco rendered on June 9, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9526); statement of Alejandro Fredy Salgado Cardona rendered on June 10, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9388); statement of Gerardo Alfredo Espinal rendered on June 10, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9498); statement of Justa Elizabeth Rivera Rodríguez rendered on June 11, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9487); statements of Santos Eugenio Ramírez rendered on June 11 and 23, (File of attachments to the final written arguments, pages 9490 and 9467); statement of José Ángel Rosa Hernández rendered on June 11, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9492); statement of Rony Neftalí Meza Becerra rendered on June 11, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9518); statements of Douglas Edgardo Antúnez rendered on June 11 and 23, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , pages 9520 and 9465); statement of Santos Darío Rivera Rodríguez rendered on June 11, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9523); statement of Santos Gil Isidro Bustillo rendered on June 12, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9511); statement of Elvin Pastor Murillo rendered on June 12, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9516); statement of César Augusto Luna Valle rendered on June 12, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9530); statement of Rosa Margarita Valle Hernández rendered on June 12, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9538); statement of Rafael Antonio Casco Murillo rendered on June 23, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9460); statement of Melvin Atilio Casco Zapata (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9462); statement of Fredy Noel Salgado Mejía rendered on June 24, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9434); statement of Erwin Pascual Casco Zapata rendered on June 24, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9458); statement of Ramón Everardo Calix Urtecho rendered on June 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9408); statement of Marco Tulio Salgado Gómez rendered on June 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9438); statement of Carlos Alirio Mejía Álvarez rendered on June 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9442); statement of Onexa Dinorah Echeverría Hernández rendered on June 25, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9446); statement of Francisco Humberto Alemán Sierra rendered on June 26, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9471); statement of Armando Alemán Moya rendered on June 26, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9477); statement of Salvador de Jesús Ortiz Medina rendered in June, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9454); statement of José Gonzalo Oser Rodríguez rendered in June, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9456); statement of Procedis Obdulio Rojas rendered in June, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments, page 9504), and statement of Celedonio Muñoz rendered in June, 1998 (File of attachments to the final written arguments , page 9444). 86 Cf. Investigation Report of June 23, 1998, prepared by the Criminal Investigations Division (File of attachments to the final written arguments, pages 9158 and 9180). 87 Cf. Investigation Report of June 23, 1998, supra (page 9178). 88 Cf. Ruling of the Catacamas Magistrates Court of October 19, 1998 (File of attachments to the State’s response, page 6781). 20

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