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persons fled "in a yellow, beige or perhaps silver truck" after the shots were
fired.
(cfr. Interview with María Cristina Bautista-Marroquín, contained in police report of February 23,
1987 (rectius 1988)).
f.
Mr. Juan Guillermo Granados-Fernández said that at 4.30 p.m. on
Monday, February 15, 1988, Ms. María Luisa Chinchilla’s son, whom he did not
know, entered his shop with a rank-and-file policeman and an officer wearing
"two deltas" (police insignia); another thin young man of 28, with smooth to
slightly wavy hair; a minor of 16 and a girl of about 12, asking him to repair a
"Plymouth" vehicle, which was being driven by a bodyguard.
(cfr. Interview with Juan Guillermo Granados-Fernández, recorded in police report of February 23,
1988).
g.
Ms. Sabina-Sian testified that on the day of Mr. Erik Leonardo
Chinchilla’s murder, she passed between two vehicles, a red "pick-up truck"
with Mr. Chinchilla and another thin, light brown skinned man, wearing a shirt
with brown stripes and a blue jacket, seated inside; in the other vehicle were
two individuals whom she could not see clearly, because this "vehicle, which
was yellow or beige, or rather mustard-colored, was a truck" with tinted
windows.
(cfr. Interview with Ms. Sabina-Sian, recorded in police report of February 23, 1987 (rectius 1988)).
h.
Dr. Carlos Manuel Alegría indicated in a police report of February 23,
1987 (rectius 1988), that he had performed the autopsy on Mr. Chinchilla on
February 17 and that his body had nine bullet holes, four in the cranial area,
two in the chest, two in the right forearm and one in the right hand. Two
bullets were found, one in the right elbow and the other in the stomach
muscles. Death occurred at 6.00 p.m. The shots were fired from a distance of
fifty centimeters.
(cfr. Interview with Dr. Carlos Manuel Alegría, recorded in police report of February 23, 1987
(rectius 1988)).
i.
Investigators Izquierdo and Villagrán said they had taken preliminary
statements at the site of Mr. Erik Leonardo Chinchilla’s murder; that they
interrogated a 58-year old individual who said that a "pick-up" and yellow van
with tinted glass carrying two men had arrived at the spot. Both vehicles
stopped for fifteen minutes; he then saw the man sitting in the right seat of the
"pick-up" get out and fire at the driver, get back in to the van and speed off.
(cfr. Interview with agents Izquierdo and Villagrán, recorded in police report of March 3, 1988).
j.
Expert Robert C. Bux reported to this Court on some documents
referring to Mr. Erik Leonardo Chinchilla’s death (infra, para. 67 (l) (8)).
9.
Concerning Mr. Marco Antonio Montes-Letona:
a.
Mr. Montes-Letona delivered a statement at the Office of the Warden of
the Pavón Rehabilitation Correctional Farm on March 15, 1988, in which he
declared that he was detained on February 19, 1988, at 3.30 p.m. in the lobby
of the Hotel Capri on Ninth Avenue between 15 th Street "A" and 16 th Street