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72(18) At the same time, soldiers searched several houses, stealing money and
supplies, and forced a member of the community to collect food house-to-house and
give it to them. After threatening the community members with death, the soldiers
left the community taking the three detainees with them and headed for the
community of Pacchahuallhua.
72(19) Later that day, the military group arrived in Pacchahuallhua, where they met
with other soldiers who were transporting some people who had also been arrested
during similar operations conducted in neighboring communities. Detainees were first
locked up and then taken to another room for interrogation and torture.
72(20) During his arrest, Mr. Bernabé Baldeón-García was beaten, tied up with a
wire and hung upside down from a beam and then submerged in a tank of cold
water.28
72(21) Mr. Bernabé Baldeón-García died in the early morning of September 26, 1990
in Pacchahuallua while in military custody.
72(22) Mr. Bernabé Baldeón-García’s body was buried the same day without his next
of kin being present.29
28
Cf. statement made by Santos Baldeón-Palacios before the local authorities of Pucapaccana on
June 30, 2000 (record of Appendixes to the complaint, Appendix 13, pages 79 and 80); statement made
by Feliciano Urquizo-Rivera before the Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos Humanos, Desapariciones
Forzadas, Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales, y Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas (Special Prosecutor’s Office for
Human Rights, Forced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Executions and Exhumation of Clandestine Graves)
on September 2, 2004 (record of Appendixes to the complaint, Appendix 31, pages 116 and 117);
statement made by Aurea Baldeón-Ocaña before the Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos Humanos,
Desapariciones Forzadas, Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales, y Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas (Special
Prosecutor’s Office for Human Rights, Forced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Executions and Exhumation of
Clandestine Graves) on September 3, 2004 (record of Appendixes to the complaint, Appendix 30, page
114); statement made by Melanio Pulido-de la Cruz before the Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos
Humanos, Desapariciones Forzadas, Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales, y Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas
(Special Prosecutor’s Office for Human Rights, Forced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Executions and
Exhumation of Clandestine Graves) on September 2, 2004 (record of evidence to facilitate adjudication of
the case submitted by the State, pages 734 and 735); statement made by Juan Urquizo-Flores before the
Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos Humanos, Desapariciones Forzadas, Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales y
Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas (Special Prosecutor’s Office for Human Rights, Forced Disappearances,
Extrajudicial Executions and Exhumation of Clandestine Graves) on September 3, 2004 (record of
evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case submitted by the State, page 746); statement by Venancio
Víctor Medina-Lizarbe before the Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos Humanos, Desapariciones Forzadas,
Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales y Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas (Special Prosecutor’s Office for Human
Rights, Forced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Executions and Exhumation of Clandestine Graves) on
October 27, 2004 (record of evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case submitted by the State, pages
772 to 776); statement made by Fernando Baldeón-Flores before the Juez Supraprovincial encargado de
los delitos de terrorismo y lesa humanidad de Huamanga (Supraprovincial Court in charge of Terrorist
Crimes and Crimes against Humanity of Huamanga on November 24, 2005 (record of evidence to facilitate
adjudication of the case submitted by the State, pages 1155 to 1161); expert report issued by José Pablo
Baraybar on January 5, 2006 (record of affidavits, pages 673 to 678); and expert report issued by María
Dolores Morcillo-Méndez on January 3, 2006 (record of affidavits, pages 630 to 641).
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Cf. order to commence investigation proceedings issued by the Juez Penal Supraprovincial
Especializado en Derechos Humanos de la Corte Superior de Justicia de Ayacucho (Supraprovincial
Criminal Court Specialized in Human Rights of the Supreme Court of Ayacucho) on August 25, 2005
(record of documents submitted by the State on October 19, 2005, Appendix B, pages 589 to 617);
information issued by the Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos Humanos, Desapariciones Forzadas,
Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales y Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas (Special Prosecutor’s Office for Human
Rights, Forced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Executions and Exhumation of Clandestine Graves) on July
12, 2005 (record of documents submitted by the State on October 19, 2005, Appendix A, pages 558 to
576); and statement made by Aurea Baldeón-Ocaña before the Fiscalía Especializada en Derechos
Humanos, Desapariciones Forzadas, Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales y Exhumación de Fosas Clandestinas