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She declared that Henry Giovanni Contreras consumed drugs and alcohol and
that he had been arrested on several occasions “[f]or vagrancy on the
streets”.
b.
Testimony of Matilde Reyna
Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales
Morales
García,
mother
of
She declared that Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales attended school up to
sixth year and, when he was 15 years of age, he abandoned his studies and
began to work in the “La Parroquia” market. From then on, he helped his
family financially and was like the man of the house. In 1990, Villagrán
Morales “lived” with her and his siblings. However, she indicated that he
ceased to live with them “on a permanent basis” when he began to work.
She also said that he had been arrested once.
In the early morning of June 26., 1990, her daughter told her that she had
been advised by the morgue employees that Anstraum Aman Villagrán
Morales was dead. She went to the morgue with her daughter and identified
his body. They were given no information about the circumstances of death.
When she left the morgue, a youth of about 17 years of age approached her
and told her that he had been a friend of her son. He added that, when he
was having a cup of coffee in a sector of 18th Street, he saw three men go
past shooting at Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales and that one of the bullets
killed him.
During August, she made a statement before a court. She was not given any
information about the death of her son there either, nor was she informed of
the results of the judicial proceeding.
She did not take any steps before the authorities because she was afraid that
the same thing that happened to Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales might
happen to her or to her other children and because she was two months
pregnant at the time of her son’s death.
c.
Testimony of Bruce Harris, Regional Director for Latin America
of Casa Alianza
He declared that Casa Alianza is an organization that executes educational
and support programs for “street children” in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
and Nicaragua. He heard about the case of the four bodies found in the San
Nicolás Woods through Aída Cámbara Cruz, a “street child” who took part in
the organization’s program.
He knew the victims because they also
participated in Casa Alianza programs. He stated that Anstraum Aman
Villagrán Morales and the four youths who were murdered in the San Nicolás
Woods were a group of friends who could often be seen on 18th Street.
Regarding the events relating to the abduction and homicide of the four
youths, he declared that, from what he saw in photographs that he was
shown when he identified the victims before the National Police Force, “they
had suffered tremendously [...], they had been tortured, abused [...] and [...]
had [received several shots] in the head”. Byron Gutiérrez, an investigator
from the Ombudsman’s Office (Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos), told him