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García-Prieto-Giralt, whereby the household personnel had been
insulted and told they “wish to die;”
vi)
On April 7, 2004, the representatives informed the Commission
that after the hearing held with the State on March 2004, one of the
estates called “El Carmen”, owned by the García-Prieto-Giralt, was set
on fire intentionally by unknown persons;
vii)
On January 26, 2005, two subjects entered and, aiming at José
Mauricio García-Prieto, took the arm the latter held at his waist. Then,
they fled in a taxi that was waiting for them. The corresponding
complaint was filed on that same day. The threats and harassment
against Mauricio García-Prieto and Gloria Giralt de García-Prieto
stopped during the rest of that year 2005 as they spent the greatest
part of the year, as of such event, abroad;
viii)
Approximately since mid-April 2006, some strangers have been
making telephone calls to the home of the García-Prieto-Giralt family,
in the early morning. When answering the call, the strangers only
remain silent and then they hang up. Sometimes, these calls are
received two or three times during the same night. The originating
telephone numbers of these calls are not recorded by the caller
identification device installed in the house of the García-Prieto-Giralt
family. This situation has been occurring from that date up to the
present time;
ix)
Approximately on April 15, 2006, at 7.30 p.m., Gloria Giralt de
García-Prieto was coming back home from the supermarket
accompanied by Sonia Gómez, when she noticed that a car was
following them; so, she called her home from her cell phone and asked
that the garage door be opened so that she could enter rapidly. When
entering the garage of her house, the other vehicle slowed down and
stopped in front of her house. Then, it accelerated and left;
x)
During the first days of May 2006, at 10.00 p.m. approximately,
Gloria Giralt de García-Prieto was coming back home from the house of
her daughter, María de los Ángeles García-Prieto de Charur,
accompanied by Ernesto Acosta. About one hundred meters before
reaching her house, Mrs. Giralt de García-Prieto and Mr. Acosta saw a
dark red car, of the 4x4 type, parked; two strangers were inside it.
When they drove past said car, it was started with the lights turned
off, and therefore Mrs. Giralt de García-Prieto blew the horn several
times so that the garage door were opened immediately. When
hearing the horn, Jaime Valencia and José Mauricio García-Prieto went
out of the house holding guns, and Mrs. García-Prieto could enter the
house rapidly. When passing by the front of Garcia-Prieto´s home, the
people in the car crouched and went on driving along the street, but
always with turned off lights;
xi)
On May 17, 2006, two strangers, holding short guns
(revolvers), came to San Mauricio estate, located at San Miguel
Department and owned by the García-Prieto-Giralt family; the
strangers “asked Anacleto Moya, the guard of the above-referred
premises, ¿when will […] Mauricio arrive? As Moya told them Mauricio
was ill and so he would not go to the premises, the strangers left
without explaining why they were looking for him;”
xii)
From June 12 to July 24, 2006, the García-Prieto spouses left
the country. When they returned, on July 24, 2006, the strangers went
on making anonymous telephone calls during the early mornings, and