47 Castro Castro. She is not sure if in the other pavilions there was somebody in these same circumstances. On May 6, 1992, a visiting day, approximately at 4:00 hours, when the witness was resting, the explosions and gunshots started within the criminal center. The walls of pavilion were torn down and tear gas bombs and other stronger ones were thrown. In order to protect themselves from the gases and be able to breathe the inmates had to use handkerchiefs with vinegar or their own urines, and they even had to put their face in the hole that they used as a bathroom because it was the only place where fresh air came in. Mr. Juan Bardales died that day in the morning. After the deaths, a “climate” of despair started to appear among the women, who felt that they were going to die and that their next of kin who were outside the criminal center were going to witness it. If it had been a transfer she would not have objected it, since living with men at the Castro Castro criminal center was not comfortable. Due to the “air […] bombing” the roof of the fourth floor was perforated, and the soldiers entered the pavilion through said perforation injuring some inmates, among which she recognized María Villegas. Since pavilion 1A was going to be destroyed, the inmates, of whom four were pregnant, had to “drag themselves” on the ground going over bodies and protecting themselves from the bullets that were being shot by the snipers, jumping from the second floor to the basement where the conduit, which was filled with rats, was and they went toward pavilion 4B. Other inmates did not have the same lick, among whom she recognized Mrs. Vilma (she does not remember her surname) of 60 years of age, who was reached by the bullets because she could not jump. The intensity of the attack did not decrease at any time. A group of the inmate’s delegates tried to establish a dialogue so that they would not be hurt in the transfer. On Saturday the inmates were all piled up. The attacks were intensified and the bombings and explosions continued. The witness describes the effects of the bombs like “feeling that you could no longer breathe, like if your whole body was burning, like your body wanted to escape you.” When the pavilion’s door opens some of the inmates start going out and they were all “murdered”, among who she recognized Mr. Marco Azaña. The witness decided to go out since the pavilion was going to come falling down. She thought “if I go out at least my mother wil be able to bury me and identify my body.” When she went out to the area known as the “coop” she was caught by a splinter that caused a wound in her right leg. She also saw a lot of dead and injured people in this area, among who she recognized Mrs. Violeta (she does not remember her surname) who was dead, Marco Azaña, and Elvia Sanabria, who she does not know if they were dead or injured, and Miriam Rodríguez and Luis Angel, who were injured. While she was walking to the area known as the “commonplace” she looked towards the rooftops of the criminal center and there were a lot of soldiers dressed as rangers, who were aiming and verbally attacking the inmates. The witness stopped walking and they immediately started shooting at her. She was wounded in the neck, the arm, and the right breast. When the soldiers noticed that she was still alive, they shot her in the back, and she lost consciousness. When she regained consciousness she was in the area of the criminal center “where visitors are inspected”, along with other wounded prisoners. There a prison guard who gave her water helped her. Later the hooded soldiers grabbed her by the feet and hands and “threw” her onto a truck along with other injured inmates. When she was in that truck exiting the criminal center she could hear the voices of the next of kin, who were screaming in