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knew what had occurred and told "people in the area that he would tell the
authorities what he knew." He would not give his address because he was
afraid of what would happen to him, as was everyone in the area.
(cfr. Interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in the police report of March 22, 1988).
In his second statement, Mr. González-Saquij added that the victims,
accompanied by a stranger armed with "a pistol and two cartridges," had
walked away from the area.
(cfr. Interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in the police report of May 25, 1988).
b.
Mr. Carlos René Juárez-Hernández, investigator with the Special
Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police, testified before the
Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance on July 13, 1988, that he had thought
at the time he took Mr. González-Saquij’s statement that "at the terminal
anyone armed was said to belong to the G-2, and […] perhaps [the armed
men] visited them because Mr. William Otilio González-Rivera was an exparatrooper."
(cfr. Statement of Carlos René Juárez-Hernández, investigator of the National Police serving with the
Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police).
c.
According to the autopsy report of February 12, 1988, Mr. CoradoBarrientos’s corpse had
[g]razes on the forehead and chin. Second-degree ecchymosis on the right
cheek. A stab wound measuring thirteen by three cm. on the left middle clavicle
of the pectoral area affecting the skin, cellular tissue, and pectoral muscles,
forming a cavity. A stab wound measuring twelve by three cm. on the right
middle clavicle of the pectoral region affecting skin, cell tissue, pectoral muscles
and forming a cavity
adding as conclusions:
a)
Stab wounds to the thorax and abdomen inflicted with a bladed weapon.
b) Hypovolemic shock. Acute anemia. c) Bilateral haemothorax. Haemoperitonitis.
d) Perforation of the lungs and liver. e) Perforation of the heart. f) Fracture - ribs.
-- CAUSE OF DEATH: Stab wounds to the chest and abdomen.
(cfr. Official communication No. F-1655. D-72-88 of June 22, 1988).
d.
According to the autopsy report of February 12, 1988, Mr. GonzálezRivera’s corpse had:
LESIONS: Stab wounds measuring ten by two and half centimeters on the right
middle clavicle of the pectoral area. A short bruising wound measuring three by
three centimeters running vertically along the left middle clavicle [.]
and the following conclusions:
a) Chest and abdominal stab wounds inflicted with a bladed weapon; b)
Hypovolemic shock - acute anemia; c) Bilateral haemothorax - haemoperitonitis;
d) Lung perforation; e) Perforation of the heart; f) Rib and bone fractures. CAUSE
OF DEATH: 1) Stab wounds to the chest and abdomen.
(cfr. Forensic report of February 12, 1988, reproduced in official communication number C-3006-88
of June 22, 1988).