he had sexual relations with Paola del Rosario starting in October 2002.2 They also indicate that in the past, other students and female teachers at the high school had accused the assistant principal of sexual harassment.3 The petitioners even note that one of the female teachers who founded the high school told the authorities that in November 1988 the assistant principal had tried to lock her in his office; as a result, the assistant principal was briefly removed from his post, although he was reinstated “almost immediately.” 4 10. The petitioners contend that Paola del Rosario Albarracín Guzmán was the victim of the crimes of sexual harassment and statutory rape by the assistant principal at her school and was purportedly left pregnant as a result. On November 20, 2002, the alleged victim had told her schoolmates and friends that she had decided to end her pregnancy by an injection from her school doctor. The petitioners contend that according to the testimony of Eloísa Troncoso, a friend of the alleged victim, the school doctor would only help the alleged victim if she agreed to have sexual relations with him. 11. The petitioners allege that on December 12, 2002, at around 10:30 in the morning and while still at home, the alleged victim swallowed “11 diablillos” [small, penny-size fireworks] containing white phosphorous, all as a result of the abusive situation in which she found herself. They point out that on the school bus that day, the alleged victim had told her friends what had happened and what she had done. Her friends took her to the infirmary of the school and called her mother. The petitioners contend that the school authorities did not tell the alleged victim’s mother what had happened and did not take the necessary steps to have her taken to the hospital, even though she was under the State’s care in the school infirmary. 12. The petitioners contend that it was not until the mother arrived at the school thirty minutes later that Paola del Rosario was taken to a hospital, “where she died some hours later.”5 They allege that, as the record of the The petitioners cite as a source the testimony that two friends of Paola del Rosario gave during the preliminary investigation (1993-2002) against the assistant principal, mentioned later in the report. Original petition received at the IACHR on October 2, 2006, paragraph 4. 3 Original petition received at the IACHR on October 2, 2006, paragraph 17. 4 Original petition received at the IACHR on October 2 2006, paragraph 17. 5 The petitioners’ brief of observations, received at the IACHR on February 20, 2008, p. 2. 2 4