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79(3) The violence has obeyed to a common pattern in relation to: a) the victims,
who are children and youngsters in risky situations; b) the cause of the deaths,
which are extrajudicial killings characterized by extreme violence, produced with fire
arms and cutting and thrusting weapons, and c) the publicity of the crimes since the
victims’ bodies are exposed to the population.19
79(4) Those responsible for the crimes are reported by the police as unidentified
persons and the investigations carried out with the objective of attributing
responsibility are generally not able to identify the authors of said crimes.20
Communication Team (ERIC) of the Compañía de Jesús of Honduras, March 2004 (dossier of appendixes
to the brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1, folios 1828 through 1895); Casa Alianza Honduras,
Reflection, Investigation, and Communication Team (ERIC) of the Compañía de Jesús of Honduras, “Work
Meeting on the phenomenon of maras or gangs in Honduras” of October 26, 2004 (dossier of appendixes
to the petition of the representatives of the victims and their next of kin, volume I, appendix 5, folios
1969 through 1983); Diagnosis of Criminality in Honduras (Executive Summary). National Human Rights
Commission of Honduras (dossier of evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, folios 2370 through
2417); and expert opinion of Mr. Ramón Antonio Romero Cantarero offered on December 14, 2005
(dossier of merits, reparations, and costs, volume III, folios 548 through 554).
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Cfr. National Human Rights Commission of Honduras, Annual Report 2003, Chapter II (dossier of
appendixes to the brief of pleadings ands motions, appendix 2, folio 1928); National Human Rights
Commission of Honduras, Annual Report 2003, Chapter II (dossier of appendixes to the brief of pleadings
and motions, appendix 2, folios 1927 through 1932); Special Report on the violent deaths of boys, girls,
and teenagers in Honduras. National Human Rights Commission. January 21, 2002 (dossier of appendixes
to the petition, appendix 10(8), folios 1575 through 1628); Gangs or maras within the context of violence
and impunity in Honduras. Casa Alianza Honduras, Reflection, Investigation, and Communication Team
(ERIC) of the Compañía de Jesús of Honduras, March 2004 (dossier of appendixes to the brief of pleadings
and motions, appendix 1, folios 1828 through 1895); Casa Alianza Honduras, Reflection, Investigation,
and Communication Team (ERIC) of the Compañía de Jesús of Honduras, “Work Meeting on the
phenomenon of maras or gangs in Honduras” of October 26, 2004 (dossier of appendixes to the petition of
the representatives of the victims and their next of kin, volume I, appendix 5, folios 1969 through 1983);
and Diagnosis of Criminality in Honduras (Executive Summary). National Human Rights Commission of
Honduras (dossier of evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, folios 2370 through 2417).
Cfr. National Human Rights Commission of Honduras, Annual Report 2003, Chapter II (dossier of
appendixes to the brief of pleadings ands motions, appendix 2, folio 1928); Casa Alianza Honduras,
Reflection, Investigation, and Communication Team (ERIC) of the Compañía de Jesús of Honduras, “Gangs
or maras within the context of violence and impunity in Honduras,” March, 2004, Report presented before
the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights during its 120º period of hearings (dossier of appendixes
to the brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1, folios 1828 through 1895); Civil and political rights,
specifically the matters related with the disappearances and summary executions. Extrajudicial, summary
or arbitrary killings. Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mrs. Asma Jahangir, presented in compliance of
Decision 2002/36 of the Human Rights Commission. Addition. Mission to Honduras. E/CN.4/2003/3/Add.2.
June 14, 2002; Special Report on the violent deaths of boys, girls, and teenagers in Honduras. National
Human Rights Commission. January 21, 2002 (dossier of appendixes to the petition, appendix 10(8),
folios 1575 through 1628); Gangs or maras within the context of violence and impunity in Honduras. Casa
Alianza Honduras, Reflection, Investigation, and Communication Team (ERIC) of the Compañía de Jesús of
Honduras, March 2004 (dossier of appendixes to the brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1, folios
1828 through 1895); Casa Alianza Honduras, Reflection, Investigation, and Communication Team (ERIC)
of the Compañía de Jesús of Honduras, “Work Meeting on the phenomenon of maras or gangs in
Honduras” of October 26, 2004 (dossier of appendixes to the petition of the representatives of the victims
and their next of kin, volume I, appendix 5, folios 1969 through 1983); Diagnosis of Criminality in
Honduras (Executive Summary). National Human Rights Commission of Honduras (dossier of evidence to
facilitate adjudication of the case, folios 2370 through 2417); and Diagnosis of Criminality in Honduras
(Executive Summary). National Human Rights Commission of Honduras (dossier of evidence to facilitate
adjudication of the case, folios 2370 through 2417); and National Statistics. Published between July 2003
and October 2005 and National Statistics. Published between July 2003 and January 2006. Special Unit for
the Investigation of the Deaths of Minors (dossier of evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, folios
2738 through 2866).
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