very affectionate relationship. The first time it happened, she felt very uncomfortable. In order to put a stop
to the situation, she invented a pregnancy. She said that when they could not have sexual relations, her
cousin became angry." She notes that because of the age difference, "there is a psychoemotional difference.
Sometimes the victim went and asked his forgiveness."76 She also stated that Brisa had the common signs
exhibited by victims of sexual assault, as "she isolated herself, tended toward depression, is unsure in her
interpersonal relationships," adding that her testimony "is real, believable." She indicated that the
psychological interviews with the teen and her parents she identified a "sexually abusive relationship,"
based on her change in personality, feelings of guilt, levels of anxiety, depression, and isolation.
Additionally, the rationalization, justification, anxiety, nervousness, and "the fact that a girl feels affection
for the attacker are self-defense mechanism; this ambivalence between two feelings—of love and hate—is
very common.77
- The housekeeper of the De Angulo family, for her part, highlighted the change in Brisa's attitude after the
arrival of Eduardo, who was in charge of the girls in the absence of the De Angulo parents.78 She said "one
time, she saw Brisa with a bruise on her face, on her arm, and on her leg. She asked, and she said that it was
Eduardo." Later, she clarified that the parents did not see the bruise on Brisa's face because she wore her
hair down. She also said that "Eduardo treated her very well, they got along very well." She said she heard
low voices in Brisa's room "and knocked on the door. When it was opened, she saw Eduardo in the room.
They ‘pretended to be asleep.’” She explained that she slept with the girls. She stated that "Eduardo was
like he had two faces. When José Miguel was there, he was one way, and when he left, he started to hit the
girls, he slept in everyone's room, he messed with the girls at play, and they complained that he was very
rough.” 79 Another witness who worked with the De Angulo parents at MAP and with Brisa’s school
confirmed her change in attitude after Eduardo arrived.80 This was also corroborated by other witnesses
who worked at MAP with Brisa's parents.81
- Another psychologist with experience in violence against children stated that, based on the examinations
of Brisa, she showed signs that "indicate the existence of signs of sexual violence." Also, she stated that "at
no time did Brisa say there was consent," but that there was "blockage of the incidents." She highlights that
Brisa showed anxiety, with a significant amount of fear, as well as "signs of posttraumatic stress."82 She
indicates that "taking into account the details of potential lying and based on the evidence, it was
established that no, that there was sexual assault.” On being cross-examined, she stated that she had been
appointed as an expert witness for legal purposes, but recognize that the De Angulo parents had attended
courses together with her, although they were not within her circle of friends. Later, she indicated that
"Brisa's parents talk to her on the phone and told her they had suffered a catastrophe in their family and
that their daughter would see her."83
- Brisa's father, José Miguel De Angulo Angulo, also testified in the proceeding, stating that "Eduardo was
in charge of the relational part of the house, Clementina was not.” He described Eduardo's presence in his
house as something that made his younger daughters happy "because he filled the space left by their
brothers." However, he stated that “Brisa started to change, she became aggressive," and that "she had a
series of problems.” He thus sought help from the people in the program and from Eduardo to talk to her
He said that later, they decided to make a trip to the United States, and that that was where he got the diary
and made a photocopy. There, they took Brisa to a psychologist, who told her that Brisa had been the victim
of sexual assault: "a victim of systematic rape. The damage was not to her genitals but to her brain, in her
mind, and they explained about the colonization and the entire process of harm." He also stated that "the
psychologists told him that she would not be able to get better without seeking justice […] That therapy
Testimony of expert witness Sandra Muñoz Camacho, second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, pages 255vta-256.
Testimony of expert witness Sandra Muñoz Camacho, second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, pages 256vta.
78 Testimony of Clementina Mamani Ríos, Second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, page 258.
79 Testimony of Clementina Mamani Ríos, Second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, page 258vta.
80 Testimony of Patricia Sánchez Saravia, Second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, page 259.
81 Testimony of Mary Juana Ríos Martínez, Second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, pages 259-259vta.; Testimony of Emilio Sánchez
González, Second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, pages 264vta-265.
82 Testimony of expert witness Ruth Miriam Quintanilla de Cardona, second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, pages 260vta.
83 Testimony of expert witness Ruth Miriam Quintanilla de Cardona, second oral trial, second criminal proceeding A, pages 261
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