13 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

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