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Isabel Arce, María Julia Hernández, David Ernesto Morales Cruz, and Oscar Castro, as well as the
expert witnesses Ricardo Alberto Iglesias Herrera and Mauricio Gaborit, proposed by the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, by the representatives of the alleged victims, and by the
State, provide their testimony and expert opinion, as the case may be, through
[…]
EXPERTS
Proposed by the representatives
1.
Ricardo Alberto Iglesias Herrera, who will provide his expert opinion on the alleged
context of impunity in El Salvador and on the situation of the administration of justice in the case
of the death of Ramón Mauricio García Prieto Giralt, as well as on the action of the Office of the
Attorney General of the Republic in the inquiries undertaken in response to the alleged threats
against the García Prieto Giralt family, in their search for justice in this case.
[…]
7.
The brief of the State dated December 18, 2006 in reference to the Order of the
President of December 3, 2006 (supra Having Seen 5), which reported that in order to
comply with said Order it had taken the following measures in favor of Mr. Ricardo Alberto
Iglesias:
a)
the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic opened file 3087-UDV-06,
at the Crimes Against Life Unit of the Subregional Office of Santa Tecla, which
launched the inquiry by inspecting the place of the incident and collecting evidence;
subsequently ratification was requested concerning the abduction of Mr. Iglesias’
vehicle, and currently oversight is being exercised of the actions ordered;
b)
the Office of the Attorney General requested the Executive Technical Unit of
the Justice System to institute urgent regular and extraordinary protective measures
in favor of Mr. Iglesias; it was requested to apply these measures as it is the agency
that administers the Victim and Witness Protection Program;
c)
Mr. Iglesias declared that he did not want police protection, that all he needed
was the name of a contact within the National Civil Police and a telephone number
where that person could be reached, if necessary; and
d)
Under-commissioner Alicia Orbelina Méndez Benítez, Chief of the Victim and
Witness Division, was appointed to respond to any request from Mr. Ricardo Iglesias.
8.
The communication from the Secretariat of the Court dated December 21, 2006 by
which, on instructions of the President, it informed the representatives of the beneficiaries
of the measures and the Inter-American Commission, pursuant to operative paragraph six
of the Order dated December 3, 2006 that they have a period of four weeks and six weeks,
respectively, to submit the observations they consider pertinent to the State report
submitted on December 18, 2006.
9.
The brief of the representatives dated January 12, 2007 through which they
submitted the statements from Alina Isabel Arce, María Julia Hernández and the expert
opinions of Ricardo Alberto Iglesias Herrera and Mauricio José Ramón Gaborit Pino, all
presented by means of affidavits. The brief of the Commission issued that same day, which
included the statement by David Ernesto Morales Cruz, who was offered as a witness by
both the representatives and the Commission, presented by means of an affidavit.
10.
The brief of the representatives dated January 18, 2007 wherein they indicated that:
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