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Once on the floor the guards walked and jumped on their backs and they placed their
sticks between the buttocks of other inmates.
She referred to her prosecution in 1994 by a special court without a face.
She referred to several problems she suffers as a consequence of the bullet wound
and the lack of physical rehabilitation, such as: partial paraplegia affecting the
inferior limbs; hemorrhoids due to severe and chronicle constipation; constant
infections in her urinary tract; swelling of the rectum due to lack of elasticity of the
muscles; osteoporosis due to lack of movement and the overcrowded conditions at
the prison; and problems in her respiratory tract and joints due to humidity and
filtrations in the cells. Besides her health and material goods, she also lost her job
and plans for professional growth and development She suffered a great moral
damage and emotional consequences due to the previously described “breaches that
denigrated [her] dignity as a person and a women.” The injuries described have
made it difficult for her to develop any activity or work and have had a deep impact
on her family, affecting especially her mother and sisters (one of them was arrested
and the other was fired from her job).
She requested that the Court make justice so that “these facts do not remain
unpunished and that a fair reparation be granted [to her] for the damages caused to
[her] next of kin[,] [her] physical and mental health and [her] honor.”
11.
Cesar Mamani Valverde, alleged victim
The witness was an inmate in the Criminal Center Castro Castro in pavilion 4B. On
May 6, 1992 he was awaken by a strong explosion that came from pavilion 1A,
where the women were located. It was the beginning of a series of bombs and
explosive discharges thrown against said pavilion. On the next day those injured
were taken to pavilion 4B and they “picked up five bodies of inmates,” which were
buried that same day. After trying to establish a dialogue between the parties, no
response was obtained from the high authorities of the armed forces. At the
beginning it had been accepted that the injured persons come out, but they changed
their mind and the snipers started shooting from the other pavilions against several
inmates, the roof was perforated, and hand grenades and tear gas bombs were
introduced. At that time there were 30 dead people and more than 500 people
trapped. The inmates were huddled, there was no space where to walk through, they
could not eat, they slept too close to the bodies, they were asphyxiating and burning
due to the gases, bombs, and fire used by the armed forces within the criminal
center. He considers that the authorities did not want a transfer, but to “kill the
inmates”.
His mother had to go to the morgue when searching for him and check all the
bodies, which was a traumatizing experience for her.
He was taken to the police hospital where he did not receive the necessary medical
attention. Along with him he recognized Walter Humanchumo, Luis Pérez Zapata,
Víctor Olivos Peña, and Agustín Machuca. His diagnosis after “the explosion” in the
criminal center Castro Castro were second degree burns on his face, chest, both
arms and legs; perforation of his kettledrums in both ears, a cut on the right
superior eyelid, loss of the ocular globe of the right eye, and total loss of vision in his
left eye. An operation to remove his right eye was programmed, but on that same