18
Regarding the “Colina Group,” the expert stated that this unit did not act separately
from the military institution, but that it was an organic and functional military
detachment within the Army structure, during the Alberto Fujimori administration,
as the group made use of the human and logistic resources of the Dirección de
Inteligencia del Ejército (DINTE) (Army Intelligence Bureau), Servicio de Inteligencia
del Ejército (SIE) (Army Intelligence Service), and Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional
(SIN) (National Intelligence Service). Owing to the preponderance acquired by the
Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN) (National Intelligence Service), the service
was eventually the executions instrumentality used by Vladimiro Montesinos —
advisor to former President Alberto Fujimori, and Nicolás Hermoza-Ríos, Army
General.
The “Colina Group” would be defined as an intelligence network. It was created by
decision of the Army Command. Most of its members were non-commissioned
officers who had had all sorts of problems, especially with military justice, on
account of having committed ordinary offenses.
According to the report submitted by the expert, the Colina Group used terrorist
tactics as a kind of special intelligence operations. Such operations were performed
by a number of individuals in uniform, or in civilian clothes but clearly identifiable as
Army members, heavily armed and in most of the cases wearing balaclavas over
their faces.
B) EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT
49.
In the instant case, as in others,6 the Court admits the evidentiary value of
those documents that were submitted by the parties at the appropriate procedural
time or as evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, which were neither
disputed nor challenged, and the authenticity of which was not questioned.
50.
Regarding the testimony rendered before an officer whose acts deserve full
faith and credit (affidavits) by Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón and Mrs.
Esmila Liliana Conislla-Cárdenas, victims in the instant case (supra paras. 37 and
38), this Court admits them to the extent they make reference to their subjectmatter, as stated in the Order of August 19, 2005 (supra para. 18) and in light of
the acknowledgment of international responsibility made by the State (supra paras.
12 and 14). This Court believes that the depositions made by the alleged victims,
who have a direct interest in the instant case, should be weighed by the standards
of reasonable credit and weight analysis and as part of the whole body of evidence
of the proceeding.7 Regarding the merits and reparations, the testimonies of the
6
Cf. Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 1, para. 77; Case of Raxcacó-Reyes, supra
note 4, para. 38, and Case of Gutiérrez-Soler, supra note 4, para. 43.
7
Cf. Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 1, para. 83; Case of Raxcacó-Reyes, supra
note 4, para. 39, and Case of Gutiérrez-Soler, supra note 4, para. 47.
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