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50.32. On April 24, 1997 the IBR sent the INDI the original of administrative file No.
7261/93 regarding the Yakye Axa Indigenous Community, with the aim of once again
(supra para. 50.25) asking said institution for a report on the land claim of the
Community, as well as whether they “do or do not have any anthropological report
on the petitioners, especially regarding the territories of their traditional habitat that
are affected.”63
50.33. On May 28, 1997 the INDI asked the attorneys of the Yakye Axa Community
to state, with technical clarity, the location of the 15,000 hectare area claimed and
its relation to the farms affected, with the aim of continuing the respective
administrative proceedings.64 That same day the INDI asked the Centro de Estudios
Antropológicos of Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” for “its
cooperation to generate a technical-anthropological report on the Yakye Axa
Community.”65
50.34. On June 3, 1997 Esteban López, leader of the Yakye Axa Indigenous
Community, in compliance with the order by the INDI (supra para. 50.33), submitted
information on the location of the territory claimed and the farms it encompasses. In
said note, Mr. López stated that the claim regarding part of their traditional territory
included 18,188 hectares.66 Subsequently the attorneys for the Community
submitted expert reports with technical precision regarding location of the territory
claimed.67
50.35. On December 16, 1997 the Centro de Estudios Antropológicos of Universidad
Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” submitted the anthropological report (supra
para. 50.33).68 Said report was challenged on April 13, 1998 by the firms that
owned the estates claimed by the Yakye Axa Community.69 In the briefs submitted
63
See note S.G. No. 210 by the Secretary General of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural to the
President of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena on April 24, 1997 (file with appendixes to the
application, appendix 4, volume 639).
64
See note P.C. No. 298 addressed by the President of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena to the
non-governmental organization Tierraviva on May 28, 1997 ( file with appendixes to the application,
appendix 4, volume 642).
65
See note P.C. No. 299 addressed by the President of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena to the
Centro de Estudios Antropológico of Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora of the Asunción” on May 28,
1997 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 643).
66
See note addressed by Esteban López to the President of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena on
June 3, 1997 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 644).
67
See expert report on the location of the Loma Verde estate, signed by Humberto Ricardo Gómez
(file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volumes 649 to 651); expert report on the location of
the Esperanza estate signed by Humberto Ricardo Gómez (file with appendixes to the application, volumes
652 to 653), and expert report on the location of the La Sirena estate, signed by Humberto Ricardo
Gómez (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volumes 654 to 656).
68
See note addressed by the Secretary of the Centro de Estudios Antropológicos of Universidad
“Nuestra Señora of the Asunción” to the President of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena on December
16, 1997 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 678), and anthropological report on
the Yakye Axa (Loma Verde) Community of the Enxet-Lengua people, prepared by Miguel Chase-Sardi,
Coordinator of the Centro de Estudios Antropológicos of Universidad “Nuestra Señora of the Asunción” (file
with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volumes 679 to 683).
69
See note addressed by the legal representative of Florida Agricultural Corporation, Livestock
Capital Group Inc. and Agricultural Development Inc., to the President of the Instituto Paraguayo del
Indígena on April 13, 1998 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volumes 756 to 777).