16 At first, the estate was called Loma Verde. It was a small estate, and there was a diverse population of Paraguayan creoles and indigenous community members. At that time, the Paraguayan creoles and indigenous community members lived together in harmony, one could see the peacefulness and the expression of love. Relations with the first owner of Estancia Loma Verde were fine, but there were several changes in ownership of the estate, and suddenly there was a change of attitude of the estate owner regarding the Community, and this change was not readily compatible with the way the members of the Community lived. The members of the Community, who are Enxet, did not want to leave Yakye Axa, because there they had the wealth and resources of the forest and of the ponds. The witness does not know why his group left Yakye Axa. One day, suddenly, several vehicles arrived and they were told that they had to climb onto them. They were taken to the English mission, Makxlawaya, and then to El Estribo. At El Estribo they lived peacefully, but the pastors did not like them to practice their cultural festivities; then the witness, as head of the group, decided to leave with other members of the Community and return to Yakye Axa, because that is where they could develop a positive group relationship and continue their cultural festivities without bothering the parents who did not like their culture. At Yakye Axa they would have everything their culture needed to hold cultural festivities. The cultural festivity of the Yakye Axa Community consists of harmony and tranquility. In the Community there are individuals, the ‘shamans’, who cure those who are ill and protect their people; for this reason, their children and grandchildren used to be quite well. For this, they need their territory to continue living in accordance with their culture. They left El Estribo with the hope of immediately recovering the land, but this was not the case. Therefore they remained at “the place of Yakye Axa” to live together. Currently, the members of the Community live alongside a road, because the owner of the estate does not allow them to enter and they have nowhere else to go. They do not plan to go anywhere other than Yakye Axa. They think about those who were buried there, those who were born and those who grew up in that place, and for this reason they remain in Yakye Axa. For the Community, “Yakye Axa” means the place where their ancestors lived and moved about. It is the land that belongs to them, that is, the place that is adapted to their reality as indigenous community members. If they live in their territory, they will feel no fear, because they will be completely free; that is why they request the land and the territory, for sake of tranquility. His people are in very bad conditions where the Community is currently located. There is no food for the children, sometimes there is nothing to eat all day. It is very difficult to hunt, as they are not allowed to enter the estate that is alongside the settlement, for which reason they have to make long trips to other estates in the area. The witness hopes to receive, clear, sincere, and honest information, as well as support for them to receive their lands for sake of their children’s and grandchildren’s tranquility. c. Inocencia Gómez, alleged victim