striped shirt stained with blood33 and various documents were on the floor beside him34. The battery of the wireless phone had been taken out35 while the other phone's line had been cut36. 35. According to the reconstruction of the facts by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, on April 8, 2002, Iván Argüello, Wilberth Ochoa and the third person climbed up the back of Mrs. Acosta's home and broke down the door; then they tied Mr. García Valle up by the ankles and wrists, placed a gag in his mouth, beat him ferociously, and then shot him in the chest.37 According to the Public Prosecution Service, following the murder, the three individuals fled.38 36. There was widespread media coverage of Mr. Francisco García Valle's murder.39 Various civil society organizations and national and international academic institutions expressed their consternation and asked the authorities to investigate the facts of the case.40 The Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights in Nicaragua also “asked them to do everything possible, to throw light on this case.”41. In several of these 33 Appendix 43 Forensic medical opinion, Alternate Forensic Scientist, Special Zone 11, Bluefields, April 9, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folios 10 and 11. Appendix 31. Photographic evidence. Atlántico Sur Autonomous Region, April 8, 2002. Central photo No. 8. Sign photographs Nos. 9 and 10. Trial court file No. 110-02, folios 22 and 23. Appendices to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. 34 Appendix 31. Photographic evidence. Central photos 8 and 9. Detailed photographs Nos. 17 and 18). Atlántico Sur Autonomous Region, April 8, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folios 22, 26, and 27. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 35 Appendix 31. Photographic evidence (detailed photo No. 15). National Police of the Atlántico Sur Autonomous Region, April 8, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 26. Appendix to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. 36 Appendix 31. Photographic evidence (detailed photo No. 20). National Police of the Atlántico Sur Autonomous Region, April 8, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 28. Appendix to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. 37 Appendix 33. Accusation against Wilberth José Ochoa for the crime of murder, Public Prosecution Service, Atlántico Sur Autonomous Region, January 13, 2013. Trial court file No. 110-02, folios 275 to 277. Appendix to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. 38 Appendix 33. Accusation against Wilberth José Ochoa for the crime of murder, Public Prosecution Service, Atlántico Sur Autonomous Region, January 13, 2013. Trial court file No. 110-02, folios 275 to 277. Appendix 36. Document of the Assistant Prosecutor addressed to the District Criminal Court Judge in Bluefields, May 9, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 168. Appendices to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. 39 Appendix 45. “De ofendida a acusada”, El Nuevo Diario, April 22, 2002, Available at:http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2002/abril/21-abril-2002/sucesos/sucesos3.html. Appendix 46. “Abogada denuncia complot en su contra”, La Prensa, May 7, 2002. Available at: http://archivo.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2002/mayo/07/nacionales/nacionales20020507-07.html. Appendix 45 “Activistas de Derechos Humanos piden seguridad para Dra. Acosta”, La Prensa, April 15, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 376. Appendix 47 “Policía sospecha de asesinato por encargo”, La Prensa, April 11, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 378. Appendix to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. Appendix 48 “Atroz asesinato del presidente de Cámara de Comercio de Bluefields, Su esposa una abogada defensora de los derechos indígenas, considera que los asesinos le buscaban a ella”, La Prensa, April 10, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 379. Appendix to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. Appendix 49 “Pero su lucha sigue”, El Nuevo Diario, April 28, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 380. Appendix to the petitioners' communication of July 13, 2007. Appendix 50. “Indígenas solo quieren do Tsokos ¡que se vaya!”,El Nuevo Diario, April 9, 2002. “Asesinan a esposo de abogada indigenista”, El Nuevo Diario, 1April 10, 2002. “Viuda ata cabos en crimen de su marido”, El Nuevo Diario, April 12, 2002. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 40 Appendix 3 Pronouncement by Nicaragua Emergency Response Network, April 11, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 350. Appendix 9 Letter of solidarity with María Luisa Acosta from the Alexander von Humboldt Institute, International Legal Group, and the Center for Legal Assistance to Indigenous Peoples (CALPI). Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 351. 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 53. Pronouncement by the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN); First Small Farmers' Association of Ecological Cultivation and Production in the Atlántico Sur and Central Autonomous Regions, Nueva Guinea; and the Small Farmers' School of Ecological Agriculture in the La Esperancita wetlands, Nueva Guinea. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 354. Appendix 2. Letter from the Research Center at York University to the President of Nicaragua, April 18, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 358. Appendix 54 Communique of the Nicaraguan-American Chamber of Commerce, April 15, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 358. Appendix 55 Letter from Center for Maritime Research (MARE). Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 362. Appendix 4 “Pastores por la Paz imploran investigar crimen, constatan violaciones a derechos indígenas en el Caribe”, La Prensa, April 10, 2002. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 283. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 41 Appendix 5 Statement by the State Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH), Benjamín Pérez Fonseca, Managua, April 22, 2011. Trial court file No. 110-02, folio 352. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007.