pronouncements reference was made to the motive for Mr. García Valle’s murder being intimidation of María Luisa Acosta because of the work she was doing.42 María Luisa Acosta also said as much publicly on April 19, 2002.43 37. As established above, as a result of María Luisa Acosta's work in support of the indigenous peoples in the Pearl Lagoon basin in various administrative and judicial suits against Peter Tsokos and his partner Peter Martínez, Mr. Tsokos was warned that he would be penalized by civil and criminal courts if he continue to "perturb" communal properties,44 and fined for engaging in slash and burn operations in the Cerro Silva Nature Reserve,45 In addition, Mrs. Acosta's work drew public attention to the use of police officers as private security guards in the service of Mr. Tsokos on communal lands.46 Likewise, on March 16, 2002, less than one month after the murder of her husband, Mrs. Acosta had begun providing legal representation to various communities involved in a constitutional protection and action for restitution of 80 manzanas of the Rama indigenous territory taken over by Mr. Peter Tsokos47. 38. Following the murder of Mr. García Valle, for security reasons and fearing for their lives, María Luisa Acosta and her children left Bluefields, where they lived, and went to Chinandega,48 a city in the department of the same name. Mrs. Acosta specifically informed the District Civil and Criminal Law Judge that her fears were well founded because the murder of her husband had been perpetrated in their own home.49 When they moved to Chinandega, Mrs. Acosta and her children had a police escort for their protection.50 42 Appendix 3. Statement by Nicaragua Emergency Response Network on April 11, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 350. Appendix 1. Letter from the Rector of the University of Tromso to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), dated May 2, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 353. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 43 Appendix 56. Communication from María Luisa Acosta, , April 19, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 331. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 44 Appendix 26 Letter to Peter Tsokos from the Office of the Prosecutor for the Defense of the Environment and Natural Resources, October 18, 2000. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 45 Appendix 13. “Marena multa al griego Peter Tsokos”, La Prensa, May 18, 2001. Appendix 22. Appeal for constitutional protection (amparo) to the Civil Law Division of the Appeals Tribunal in Bluefields, October 2, 2002. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 46 47 Appendix 28. Judicial power of attorney granted to María Luisa Acosta, , folio 13 of Registration File No. 2 of Attorney and Notary Public Gloria Mangas, March 16, 2002. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. The national press also reported on María Luisa's appointment as legal representative. Appendix 29 “Fiscalía pide procesar a Tsokos por crimen de profesor Francisco Valle en Bluefields”, Sucesos. Case File No. 2019-2004 on the Appeal for Annulment to the Supreme Court , folio 98. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. Appendix 30, “Capturan Prófugo, Sucesos”, El Nuevo Diario, September 1, 2004. Case File No. 2019-2004 on the Appeal for Annulment, to the Supreme Court , folio 92. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. Appendix 17 “Asesino de García ya está en Bluefields”, El Nuevo Diario, September 6, 2004. Case File No. 2019-2004 on the Appeal for Annulment, to the Supreme Court , folio 95. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. CALPI, Cronología del caso García. Available at: http://calpi.nativeweb.org/cronos.html. Appendix 19. “Continúan denuncias en contra de inversionista griego”, La Prensa, April 21, 2001. Information on this is also to be found in the initial petition of June 20, 2007. 48 Appendix 57. Writ of the Assistant Prosecutor, April 24, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 132. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. The petitioners also refer to this event, stating that "María Luisa Acosta had to change her address,, and go and live at her father's house in Chinandega. As a result, her immediate surroundings changed. She was forced to leave behind her friends, family, and work in search of somewhere safer." Initial petition of June 20, 2007. 49 Appendix 58. Undated document written by María Luisa Acosta, File No. 298-02 of the Bluefields District Civil and Criminal Court (In) (offense: false testimony and false accusation), folios 28 and 29. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 50 Appendix 57. Writ of the Assistant Prosecutor, April 24, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 132. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007.