86. Ms. J. declared that, at the end of the search, she and the other woman “were taken out to a car [which] drove round all night until 6 a.m.; […] all this time, [she] was blindfolded and tied up; she could only listen.” 118 87. According to J.’s mother, a neighbor of the building on Las Esmeraldas Street advised her that “some thieves had forced their way into the property.” When J.’s mother was on the way to the building accompanied by J.’s younger sister, they were “assaulted by two men who forced them into a car,” and drove them to the building on Las Esmeraldas Street. J.’s mother indicated that, when they arrived, she was told that her “daughter had resisted and [they had] killed her.” 88. At 9.20 p.m. on April 13, the house where Ms. J. lived with her family on Casimiro Negrón Street was raided. 119 When searching Ms. J.’s room, two revolvers were found, one with four bullets and the other with three bullets, 10 bullets for a FAL rifle [light automatic] and six .38 caliber bullets, in addition to documentation classified as “of a subversive nature.” 120 According to the record, two representatives of the Public Prosecution Service were present during this search, together with J.’s younger sister, and her mother, who had authorized it. 121 The record does not indicate that Ms. J. was present; however, it indicates that she and her younger sister had refused to sign the record, 122 while their mother did sign it. 123 89. According to J.’s mother, she and her younger daughter had been asked to sign “some papers,” but, as J.’s younger sister refused to sign, they arrested her. 124 In this regard, the official records establish that, on that April 13, 1992, J.’s younger sister was arrested in order to “clarify the offense against the public peace (terrorism).” 125 118 Preliminary statement of June 10, 1992, before the Tenth Investigating Court of Lima (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 41, folio 3698).). 119 Cf. Attestation No. 084–DINCOTE of April 25, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 23, folio 3354), and record of house search and seizure of property from the house on Casimiro Negrón Street of April 13, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 26, folio 3646). 120 Attestation No. 084–DINCOTE of April 25, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 23, folios 3348, 3369 and 3517 to 3520). A complete list of the documents seized can be found in Attestation No. 084–DINCOTE of April 25, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 23, folios 3479 to 3482), and record of house search and seizure of property from the house on Casimiro Negrón Street of April 13, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 26, folios 3646 to 3650). 121 Cf. Record of house search and seizure of property from the house on Casimiro Negrón Street of April 13, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 26, folio 3646). 122 Cf. Record of house search and seizure of property from the house on Casimiro Negrón Street of April 13, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 26, folios 3646 and 3650), and attestation No. 084–DINCOTE of April 25, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 23, folios 3348 and 3354). 123 Cf. Record of house search and seizure of property from the house on Casimiro Negrón Street of April 13, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 26, folios 3646 and 3650), and attestation No. 084–DINCOTE of April 25, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 23, folios 3348 and 3354). 124 Cf. Affidavit prepared by J.’s mother on June 13, 2006, for the case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison (file of annexes to the motions and arguments brief, annex 1, folios 2998 and 3000). 125 DINCOTE detainee register (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 28, folios 3657 and 3659), and release order No. 109 of April 28, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 64, folio 4252). Regarding J.’s younger sister, attestation No. 084 indicates that “[s]he was searched, and the result was negative for weapons, ammunition, explosives, subversive propaganda or literature and similar.” The attestation concludes that “despite the procedures carried out, it has not been feasible to obtain indications and/or evidence that prove beyond a reasonable doubt participation in the offense against public peace – terrorism [in the case of J.’s younger sister]; so that she was merely summoned.” Subsequently, on April 28, 1992, the prosecution ordered the final archiving of the file on J.’s younger sister Cf. Attestation No. 084–DINCOTE of April 25, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 23, folios 3347 and 3620), and criminal complaint of April 28, 1992 (file of annexes to the answering brief, annex 36, folio 3684). 28

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