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men” [“los encapuchados”] and they showed her a picture of a person and a list of
names of other people while one of them threatened her with a weapon. She indicated
that “because of the fear that they do something to her” she respondeded that she did
not know of the people they questioned her about. The soldier, who aimed at her, hit her
in the stomach with the weapon, making her fall to the ground and lose consciousness
for a moment. She narrated that when she regained consciousness, she sat up and one
of the soldiers grabbed her by the hair and insisted about the required information,
telling her that if she did not answer they would kill her along with all of the people in
Barranca Bejuco. She stated that, afterwards, “using […] violence they scratched her
face,” they took off her skirt and her underwear, and they knocked her to the floor, and
one of them sexually penetrated her, and once he was done, the other soldier who had
questioned her proceeded to sexually penetrate her.71
74.
Upon arriving at her home, Mrs. Rosendo Cantú told what had happened to her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Estela Sierra Morales, and to her husband, Mr. Fidel Bernardino
Sierra, when he arrived home after work.72 He then went to Barranca Bejuco to file a
complaint with the authorities of the community.73
75.
On February 18, 2002, Mrs. Rosendo Cantú, accompanied by her husband, went
to a health care clinic in the community of Caxitepec to be seen for the blows she had
received, and no evidence exists that she indicated having been raped.74 The doctor
gave her some painkillers and anti-inflammatory pills for the pain.75 On February 26,
2002, they went to Ayutla de los Libres to be attended at the Hospital, to which they had
to walk for eight hours.76 There, she was attended by the “general consultation service,
with the record of trauma to her abdomen,” where it was stated that “10 days prior, a
trunk of wood had fallen [there], causing the pain,” without stating she had been raped.
71
Cf. Brief of complaint filed by Mrs. Rosendo Cantú and Mr. Bernardino Sierra before the NHRC, supra
note 64, folios 7556 to 7561; communication of Mrs. Rosendo Cantú and Mr. Bernardino Sierra addressed to
the Constitutional Governor of Guerrero on March 11, 2002 (case file of annexes to the application, tome I,
annex 6, folios 343 to 345); statement by Mrs. Rosendo Cantú before the Military Public Prosecutors of the 35th
Military Zone, on March 6, 2002 (case file of annexes to the answer to the application, tome II, annex 1, folios
7824 to 7829), complaint filed by Mrs. Rosendo Cantú before the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction,
supra note 65, folios 9268 and 9269, and statement of Mrs. Rosendo Cantú before the Inspector General of the
CODDEHUM on March 8, 2002 (case file of annexes to the answer to the application, tome I, folios 7588 and
7589).
72
Cf. Statement of Mr. Bernardino Sierra before the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction
Specialized in Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence, on April 22, 2002 (case file of annexes to the
application, tome I, annex 10, folio 357bis); statement of Mrs. Fidel Bernardino Sierra rendered before the
Chief Agent of the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction of Morelos Judiciary District,
Specialized in Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence, on May 9, 2002 (case file of annexes to the brief of
pleadings and motions, tome II, annex 56, folio 5739).
73
At this time, he spoke of what happened to Mr. Encarnación Sierra Morales, and subsequently, both
went to the Municipal Delegate of the Barranca Bejuco community, Mr. Ezequiel Sierra Morales, to tell him
what had occured and to proceed with a complaint. Mr. Ezequiel Sierra Morales summoned the indigenous
community of Barranca Bejuco to tell them about what had occured. Mr. Bernardino Sierra stated: “we found
the delegate in his home [and] I told him about what had occured to my wife […] to which the delegate
showed concern and we went to the delegation together with Encarnación Morales Sierra, and the delegate
began to speak […] so that the people of the village would come together […] people were at the delegation at
that time, and […] and he reportd what had occured to my wife,” statement of Mr. Bernardino Sierra before the
Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction, supra note 72, folio 5739.
74
Cf. Clinical history of the family Bernardino Rosendo, II notes of the evolution of Mrs. Rosendo Cantú
on Feburary 18, 2002 (case file of annexes to the answer to the application, tome, folio 7756).
75
Cf. Clinical history of the family Bernardino Rosendo, supra note 74, folio 7756; Mrs. Rosendo Cantú
noted in her communication addressed to the Constitutional Governor of Guerrero that “[her] husband
explained to the doctor that the soldiers had hit her and requested assistance,” communication addressed to
the Constitutional Governor, supra note 71, folio 345.
76
Cf. Communication addressed to the Constitutional Governor of the state of Guerrero, supra note 71,
folio 343 to 345, and sworn statement of Mrs. Rosendo Cantú in the public hearing, supra note 64.