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wound to the abdomen” at the Pérez de León Hospital in Miranda. His
parents covered the burial costs;55
ii)
he was a blue collar worker at a factory. He had previously
worked as a policeman. He contributed fortnightly to household
expenses;56 and
iii)
he was single. His parents are Mery Marina Castillo and Adelmo
de Jesús Colmenares Mendoza.57
66.20. Juan José Blanco Garrido
i)
he was born on April 18, 1971. He died at age seventeen, on
March 1, 1989 due to “internal hemorrhage from firearm wound to the
thorax” at the Periférico Hospital in Catia.
The family covered
expenses in connection with the vigil;58
ii)
he was a secondary school student and had just begun to work
at the time of his death. He contributed to household expenses on a
weekly basis;59 and
iii)
he was single. His parents are Ana Jacinta Garrido and Juan
Vicente Blanco. His brother is Humberto Enrique Garrido.60
55
Cf. birth certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez issued on January 12, 1968 by the Civil
Office at San Juan Parish, Libertador Department, in the Federal District; autopsy record No. 51.533
prepared by the Forensic Medicine Division of the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police; copy of the death
certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez No. 445 issued on August 1, 1989 by the Prefect of Sucre
District, State of Miranda; and testimony of Mery Marina Castillo rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th
Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District.
56
Cf. testimony of Mery Marina Castillo rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of
Libertador Municipality of the Federal District.
57
Cf. birth certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez issued on January 12, by the Civil Head
Office of San Juan Parish, Libertador Department, in the Federal District; death certificate of Luis Manuel
Colmenares Martínez No. 445 issued on August 1, 1989 by the Prefect of Sucre District, State of Miranda;
and testimony of Mery Marina Castillo rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador
Municipality of the Federal District. Note: Mery Marina stated in her testimony before the notary public
that her surname is Castillo, and that due to an error at the Public Records Office the surname Martínez
was recorded, for which reason the victim’s name on the birth certificate is Marina Martínez.
58
Cf. death certificate of Juan José Blanco Garrido No. 259 issued on March 8, 1989 by the Civil
Authority of Sucre Parish, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; autopsy record No. 51.339
prepared by the Forensic Medicine Division of the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police; and testimony of
Ana Jacinta Garrido rendered on March 22, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the
Federal District. Note: in the judgment on the merits, the victim’s name was recorded as Juan José
Garrido Blanco. In the instant Judgment, the surnames Blanco Garrido are used, in accordance with his
death certificate.
59
Cf. death certificate of Juan José Blanco Garrido No. 259 issued on March 8, 1989 by the Civil
Authority of Sucre Parish, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; and testimony of Ana Jacinta
Garrido rendered on March 22, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal
District.
60
Cf. death certificate of Juan José Blanco Garrido No. 259 issued on March 8, 1989 by the Civil
Authority of Sucre Parish, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; birth certificate of Humberto
Enrique Garrido issued on February 2, 1987 by the Prefecture of Miranda District in the State of Guárico;
and testimony of Ana Jacinta Garrido rendered on March 22, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador
Municipality of the Federal District.