family obtained a copy of the video and gave it to Ms. Bidegain. 518 On the morning of
November 8, Ana María Bidegain met with a general and showed him a copy of the video,
but he denied that Carlos Horacio Urán could be seen in it and kept the copy. 519
339. Second, during the criminal investigation, Mr. Urán Rojas was identified in at least
four videos by his wife and Luz Helena Sánchez Gómez, one of his friends. Thus, Ms.
Bidegain identified him in a Noticias Uno video that she provided and another obtained from
the Attorney General’s office recording the same image. In this regard, she stated that, in
the image, her husband was “between two members of the Armed Forces, he is limping
with his foot lifted up […]. He is standing on his right leg with his left leg bent back. He is
wearing a dark gray suit.” Regarding this image, the Prosecution Service observed that to
the right of the person identified as Mr. Urán Rojas there is a person wearing army
camouflage uniform with “a rifle with the sight facing up,” and the one on the left “is
wearing the army’s khaki uniform.” Also, on seeing the video obtained in the home of the
Commander of the Cavalry School, Ms. Bidegain indicated that “[h]e is the one hopping on
one foot.” 520 She also identified him in a TVE video without giving further details. 521 Thus,
Ms. Bidegain has identified him in four videos, specifying in two of them that he is “exiting
[the Palace] limping,” 522 which is consistent with the testimony of Julia Navarrete, who
presumably saw him in person at the time of the events (supra para. 336).
340. When Luz Helena Sánchez Gómez saw the video obtained during the inspection of the
residence of the Commander of the Cavalry School, she stated that “it gives the impression
that he is limping, his hair is disheveled, his white shirt is outside his trousers and the collar
is open with the tie loose, both arms are held by soldiers, by the elbow, and this is
noticeable because other hostages have exited without any physical contact. [He wears] a
green or brown […] suit.” In this regard, she stated that she “sw[ore] that what [she was]
saying [was] true, but [she could] not say with absolute certainty that the said person [was
Justice Urán Rojas, she could] only say that it looked very much like him, […] and ha[d] his
facial features.” Subsequently, on seeing a Noticias Uno video, she stated that Carlos
Horacio Urán Rojas could be seen held by the “left arm [by] a police agent with a white
helmet, his shirt is not tucked in and his tie is loose, and the suit appears to be brown or
green. On his right is another individual in a green uniform, who has a rifle in his right hand
with the sight facing upwards.” The defense counsel of the Commander of the Cavalry
School indicated that “[i]n the first video she says that the person that looks like Justice
Carlos Urán is accompanied by two soldiers in army camouflage uniform, and in the second
video she identifies the person who looks like [Justice Carlos Urán] as someone who is
accompanied by two police agents, even one with a helmet and the other with the regular
police uniform. In addition, if the two videos that have been presented are compared, the
person who appears in the second video also appears in the first one, and, in that one, she
did not identify him as looking like [Justice Carlos Urán].” 523
518
Cf. Affidavit made by Teresa Morales de Gómez on May 11, 2012 (evidence file, folio 14692).
519
Cf. Testimony of Ana María Bidegain during the public hearing on the merits in this case; Testimony of Ana María
Bidegain of February 22, 2007, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 1295), and Affidavit made by Teresa
Morales de Gómez on May 11, 2012 (evidence file, folio 14692).
520
Testimony provided by Ana María Bidegain before the Prosecution Service on August 16, 2007 (evidence file,
folios 1302 and 1303).
521
Cf. Testimony of Ana María Bidegain of February 22, 2007, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio
1298).
522
This information was provided by Ms. Bidegain on seeing the Noticias Uno video and the video obtained in the
residence of the Commander of the Cavalry School. Cf. Testimony provided by Ana María Bidegain before the
Prosecution Service on August 16, 2007 (evidence file, folios 1302 and 1303).
523
Continuation of the testimony provided by Luz Helena Sánchez Gómez before the Prosecution Service on August
16, 2007 (evidence file, folios 30599 and 30600).
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