8 taken into account that international jurisprudence, when it considers that international courts have the power to appraise and assess the evidence according to the rules of competent analysis, has not established a rigid determination of the quantum of the evidence necessary to substantiate a ruling. This criterion is especially valid for international human rights tribunals that have ample powers in the assessment of evidence, pursuant to the rules of logic and on the basis of experience, in order to determine the State’s international responsibility.8 38. Based on the aforementioned, the Court will proceed to examine and assess the totality of the elements that make up the body of evidence of the present case. A) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 39. The Commission, the representatives, and the State forwarded specific statements and an expert opinion, which are summarized below, in response to the President’s Decision of May 11, 2005 (supra para. 19). Statements 1) Proposed by the Inter-American Commission and the representatives a) Ernesta Cayetano Zúñiga, resident of the Garifuna town of Triunfo de la Cruz She knows Alfredo López Álvarez since he was a boy. Mr. López Álvarez has participated as leader of the Defense Committee for the Lands of Triunfo de la Cruz (hereinafter “CODETT”). He has received threats. Once, when she was with the deponent, he was arrested by police agents. They later let him go without accusing him. On that occasion the deponent did not tell anybody. The witness considers that Mr. López Álvarez was arrested for his fight for the lands and that he was slandered with an accusation of selling drugs. Mr. López Álvarez’s arrest momentarily interrupted the fight for the land, which was restarted a short time later. b) Secundino Torres Amaya, resident of the Garifuna town of Triunfo de la Cruz, and president of the CODETT There are many problems with the land in the Community of Triunfo de la Cruz. The Municipality of Tela has sold Garifuna land to the Marbella Company and through “a contract with the Franciscans” it planned to keep the lands that belong to the Garifuna people. All these problems have affected the community in a negative manner, since the geographic space of the Garifuna population has been reduced, creating an environment of suspicion, impunity, and confrontation between the members of the community. He has known Mr. López Álvarez for ten or twelve years, and states that he has worked as a sailor, electrician, and has acted as President of the CODETT. Members of this committee have been threatened by people from within and outside the 8 Cf. Case of Blanco-Romero and others, supra note 7, para. 39; Case of García-Asto and RamírezRojas, supra note 7, para. 84, and Case of Gómez-Palomino, supra note 7, para. 46.