24 Mantas, Sauñi Pomaya, Pretil Dámaso, Martín Rivas, Vera Navarrete, among others, using three motor vehicles, a cherry-colored van and a blue Toyota car, whose plate numbers I do not remember, drove out from the repair shop in Las Palmas, crossed the Human settlement called “Armatambo” and proceeded to the people’s settlement called “Los Pescadores”, where some weaponry had been allegedly buried, according to the collaborator who was traveling in one of the vehicles. When we were approaching our destination, there was a power failure, so we stopped to wait out the blackout. But after a couple of minutes or so, Major Martín Rivas told us to take advantage of the power failure and to engage in the entry. When we reached the place, following the orders of Martín Rivas, we broke the door of the place open, and found nothing but a couple sleeping. After searching the place, we did not find any weapons. We stayed there for about twenty minutes, and then Major Martín Rivas told us to retreat and to take the male subject found inside the room with us, because —according to the collaborator— he should know something. Besides, the collaborator said that following the power cut, the other persons had gone out to find out what was happening with the electric power supply. Next, following the orders of Martín Rivas, we followed the route back to base, and on our way we interrogated the subject, but got no information at all, the only thing he said was that he was an evangelist and that he read the Bible. When we reached La Herradura beach, Major Martín Rivas told us to eliminate and bury the subject and “not to leave any loose ends,” so some of us left the group […] got out of the vehicle and walked to La Chira beach, as Major Martín Rivas and the other members of the group went back to Las Palmas. After about half-an-hour walk with the subject, we reached our the above mentioned beach, where the subject was ordered to dig a hole in the sand, as he actually did, 1.20 meters deep approximately, and afterwards Gamarra Mamani shot him about three times, with the HK weapon Mamani was carrying; then Gamarra Mamani, Ortíz Mantas, Pretil Damaso, Alarcón, and Sauñi Pomaya buried him and we left the place […].21 54.16. The Fiscalía Provincial Especializada de Lima (Office of the Specialized Provincial Prosecutor of Lima) gathered other testimonies within the framework of this inquiry. Thus, Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón rendered her statement on April 30, 2002; Mr. Arcenio Antenor Gutiérrez-León, on July 19, 2002; Mrs. María Elsa Chipana-Flores, on May 20, 2002 and March 10, 2003; and Mrs. Esmila Liliana Conislla-Cárdenas, on January 20, 2003. 54.17. On December 11, 2002, Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón, supported by Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) (Pro Human Rights Association), filed a complaint with the Fiscalía Provincial Especializada de Lima (Office of the Specialized Provincial Prosecutor of Lima) against Mr. Vladimiro Montesinos-Torres et al. on the alleged commission of the crimes of abduction and forced disappearance of her son Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino. In an resolution adopted on the same date, the Prosecutor ordered investigations instituted, referring the complaint to the División de Investigaciones Especiales de la Dirección contra el Terrorismo (Special Investigations Division of the Department of Counterterrorism). 54.18. Afterwards, the new prosecutor detailed to the investigations, Mrs. Ana Cecilia Magallanes, requested leave from the National Prosecutors Office to carry out the exhumation of the remains of alleged victims of the “Colina Group,” which included the body of Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino. 21 Cf. testimony rendered before the Provincial Specialized Prosecutor’s Office, by collaborator 371MCS, on December 6, 2001 (file with appendixes to the answer to the application, Appendix 2, pages 431-5).