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The Court admitted the affidavits rendered by the following witnesses and
expert witnesses:
1)
Teodoro Cabrera García, alleged victim, a witness proposed by the
representatives, who deposed on the following aspects: i) “the
organizational process of the Organización de Campesinos Ecologistas de la
Sierra de Petatlán y Coyuca de Catalán (OCESP) (Organization of Ecologist
Peasants of Sierra de Petatlán and Coyuca de Catalán), and his participation
in such organization;” ii) the facts of the alleged violations committed, “as
well as the [alleged] persistent affectations to his physical and psychological
health,” iii) “the [alleged] affectations to his family members resulting from
the reported violations,” and iv) “the measures that the State should adopt
to repair the damages caused;”
2)
Miguel Olivar López, Mr. Cabrera García’s stepson, a witness
proposed by the representatives, who deposed on the following aspects: i)
the alleged affectations of the Cabrera López family resulting from “the
[alleged] unlawful and arbitrary detention, torture, imprisonment, criminal
proceedings and lack of justice in his father’s case;” ii) how “the [alleged]
violations of the reported human rights had an impact on his family’s
capacity to earn a living by tilling the soil of an old community plot,” iii) the
alleged affectations to the health and well-being of his family members; iv)
“the [alleged] impossibility to return to his community;” v) “the [alleged]
persistent affectation [to his] family, due to both the [alleged] lack of
recognition of his father’s innocence and the [alleged] ineffective
investigation into the acts of torture and other abuse against him;” vi) “the
present situation of Teodoro Cabrera and his family,” and vii) “the measures
that the State should adopt to repair the damages caused;”
3)
Ubalda Cortés Salgado, wife of Rodolfo Montiel Flores, a witness
proposed by the representatives, who deposed on the following aspects: i)
“the organizational process of OCEPS[,] as well as the work and struggle to
defend the forests, particularly the work by Messrs. [Cabrera García and
Montiel Flores];” ii) “the circumstances of the [alleged] unlawful and
arbitrary detention of [the alleged victims] and indicated the affectation to
her husband’s health due to the [alleged facts that occurred];” iii) “the
affectation to her own well-being and the well-being of the members of her
family due to the [alleged] violations, and iv) “the necessary and adequate
reparation measures in this case;”
4)
Mario Ernesto Patrón Sánchez, counsel for the alleged victims in the
domestic proceedings, a witness proposed by the representatives, who
deposed on the following aspects: i) the alleged errors and irregularities of
the domestic criminal proceeding conducted against Messrs. Cabrera García
and Montiel Flores, who he represented as their lawyer and human rights
advocate; ii) how the local judicial instances allegedly hindered the
presentation or consideration of the evidence of the alleged torture suffered
by the two alleged victims; iii) the alleged juridical and practical
impediments faced during the exercise of their defense, and iv) “the
[alleged] fabrication of evidence which he verified in the domestic criminal
proceedings at local, federal and military levels;”
5)
Celsa Valdovinos Ríos, a defender of Petatlán forests and awardee of
the “Chico Mendes” environmental prize for her work in favor of the
environment in the Guerrero state, a witness proposed by the
representatives, who deposed on the following aspects: i) “the context of
environmental devastation of the forests in the region;” ii) “the foundation
process of OCESP, making reference to the [alleged] harassment and
attacks against environmental defenders;” iii) the activities of OCESP,