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Woods], he should not pick a quarrel with her”. She added that Rosa Trinidad
Morales Pérez had many friends who were policemen and who visited the
kiosk where she worked.
In general, regarding her experience as a “street child”, she declared that she
was afraid of the police because they told her companions and herself that “if
they did not […] disappear from there, [they would take them] prisoner”, they
would beat them and, “as [they] were good for nothing”, they would be better
dead. Lastly, she stated that she had been arrested “once or twice” when
“she was very young”.
e.
Testimony of Julia Griselda Ramírez López, who worked in a
kiosk on 18th Street in Guatemala City
She declared that she is the daughter of Julia Consuelo López de Ramírez
and, in 1990, she worked in a kiosk which sold food, known as the “Pepsi”
kiosk, located on 18th Street in Guatemala City, in front of a café called “El
Zócalo”. She worked from seven in the evening until seven in the morning.
Rosa Trinidad Morales Pérez worked the day shift in the same kiosk. She
knew the five victims, but only saw what happened to Anstraum Aman
Villagrán Morales.
On the night that Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales was murdered, Rosa
Trinidad Morales Pérez was handing over the shift to the witness. Villagrán
Morales arrived at around seven in the evening. At that time, Mrs. Morales
Pérez said to the boy: “you are going to turn up dead like your friends, the
others”. During the evening, Villagrán Morales remained near the kiosk
where she worked. At about midnight, Villagrán Morales returned to the kiosk
accompanied by a “curly-headed” man who wore black denim trousers.
Subsequently, they went over to a kiosk that sold grilled meat, in front of the
kiosk where she worked. The man told Villagrán Morales to drink his beer
quickly; then Villagrán Morales entered the lane and the man followed him.
Five or ten minutes later, she heard one or two shots. At that moment she
was accompanied by Rosa Angélica Vega, known as “Chochi”, who was
helping her in the kiosk. When they heard the shots, they looked out and
could see how Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales “bumped” against one of the
kiosks and then fell to the ground about 10 meters from her kiosk. The two
women waited until other people approached the body, because they were
afraid. When this happened, they also approached it. Then the witness
returned to her kiosk; two men also came to the kiosk, one of whom was the
man who had accompanied Villagrán Morales to the lane, and they ordered
two beers. One of them was armed.
Later she returned to the place where the body of Villagrán Morales lay.
While she was there, the two above-mentioned men walked through the lane
and a child known as “Pelé” said to them “there go those beggars
(mendigos)”. In response, one of the men turned round, gun in hand, and
asked “who said that? Do you want to be shot too?”. As he walked away, he
kicked Villagrán Morales’ hand.