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50.89. The INDI filed an appeal and a motion for review against the court order of
August 29, 2001 to evict the Community (supra para. 50.87). The Judge hearing the
case ruled that said remedies were not in order.150 In face of this situation, on
September 26, 2001 the Inter-American Commission recommended that the State
adopt precautionary measures in favor of the Yakye Axa Community to suspend
execution of said court order.151 To date, the State has not executed the eviction
order.
50.90. The file of the instant case before the Inter-American Court does not indicate
the current status of this criminal proceeding.
iii.
Threats
50.91 The members of the Yakye Axa Community have suffered constant threats
and harassment during the time since they settled alongside the public road between
Pozo Colorado and Concepción.
In view of these facts, the members of the
Community filed complaints before various State agencies, but there is no indication
of any type of investigation having begun.152
d)
Living conditions of the members of the Yakye Axa Indigenous Community
50.92. In 1996 a number of members of the Yakye Axa Community decided to leave
El Estribo estate and return to the lands claimed as part of their ancestral territory,
awaiting a ruling of INDI on their case. They have not been allowed to enter said
lands, for which reason they decided to settle alongside the road between Pozo
Colorado and Concepción, in the Presidente Hayes Department153 (supra para. 50.8).
50.93. The destitute living conditions of the members of the Yakye Axa Community
who have settled alongside the public road are extreme.154 The members of this
150
See order issued by the Criminal Trial Judge of Concepción on September 18, 2001 (file with
evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case submitted by the State, Volume III, volume 1956);
interlocutory appeal and appeal for reconsideration with a supplementary appeal submitted by the
Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena on September 19, 2001 (file with evidence to facilitate adjudication of
the case submitted by the State, Volume III, volumes 2000 to 2001), and order issued by the Criminal
Trial Judge of Concepción on September 19, 2001 (file with evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case
submitted by the State, Volume III, volume 2002).
151
See note regarding precautionary measures addressed by the Inter-American Commission to the
State on September 26, 2001 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 3, volumes 408 to 410).
152
See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public
hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the Inter-American Court
during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and statement by Albino Fernández rendered before a
notary public on February 10, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs, Volume III, volume 637).
153
See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public
hearing held on March 4, 2005, testimony of Tomás Galeano rendered before the Inter-American Court
during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the InterAmerican Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and testimony of Stephen William Kidd
rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005.
154
See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public
hearing held on March 4, 2005, testimony of Tomás Galeano rendered before the Inter-American Court
during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the InterAmerican Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and expert opinion of Pablo Balmaceda
rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005.
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