11 representatives. She testified about: i) the incident that occurred on March 22, 2002; ii) the measures taken to clarify the historical truth of the facts and to identify, prosecute, and punish those responsible; iii) the authorities’ attitude and response to these measures; iv) the alleged obstacles faced in trying to obtain justice; v) the alleged threats and acts of harassment against her family because of the search to obtain justice in this case, and vi) the consequences for her personal life and for her family of the alleged human rights violations in this case. 3. Fortunato Prisciliano Sierra, Mrs. Fernández Ortega’s husband, alleged victim, proposed by the representatives. He testified about: i) the search to obtain justice for the alleged rape of his wife; ii) the alleged threats and acts of harassment against his family and himself because of the search for justice, and iii) the way in which he and his family have been affected by the alleged violations committed in this case. 4. Obtilia Eugenio Manuel,25 member of the Organización del Pueblo Indígena Tlapaneco [Organization of the Tlapaneco Indigenous People], witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission. She testified about: i) the measures taken to clarify what happened to Mrs. Fernández Ortega, and to ensure the identification, prosecution and punishment of those responsible; ii) the authorities’ attitude and response to these measures; iii) the alleged obstacles faced in the search to obtain justice, and iv) the alleged threats and acts of harassment related to the search for justice in this case. 5. Cuauhtémoc Ramírez Rodríguez, member of the board of the Organización del Pueblo Indígena Tlapaneco [Organization of the Tlapaneco Indigenous People], witness proposed by the representatives. He testified about: i) the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of which Mrs. Fernández Ortega was presumably a victim; ii) the alleged use of rape as a form of harassment practiced by the Army against the social movements in Guerrero; iii) the supposed effects that Mrs. Fernández Ortega’s alleged rape had on the work of the Organización del Pueblo Indígena Tlapaneco/Me’phaa, [Organization of the Tlapaneco/Me’phaa Indigenous People], and iv) the alleged threats and harassment against those involved in the search to obtain justice in the case of Mrs. Fernández Ortega. 6. Hipólito Lugo Cortés, Inspector General of the Commission for the Defense of Human Rights of Guerrero, witness proposed by the representatives. He testified about: i) the investigation conducted by the Commission for the Defense of Human Rights of Guerrero, and ii) the way Mrs. Fernández Ortega was treated by the authorities when she approached them to obtain justice. 7. María Isabel Camila Gutiérrez Moreno, editor and correspondent of the newspaper, El Sur, witness proposed by the representatives. She testified about: i) the alleged context of militarization in the indigenous areas, in particular Ayutla, state of Guerrero, and ii) the documentation, newspaper articles and investigations that, as a journalist, she had prepared 25 After submitting its final list, the Inter-American Commission requested “the substitution of the testimony of Mrs. Fernández Ortega for that of Mrs. […] Eugenio Manuel,” to be heard during the public hearing, owing to the former’s advanced state of pregnancy. The President deemed it pertinent not to admit this request. Cf. Case of Fernández Ortega et al. v. Mexico. Summons to a public hearing, supra note 6, Considering clauses 17 and 18. In addition, on March 25, 2010, the Inter-American Commission requested reconsideration of the President’s decision and the Court ratified the Order of the President of March 12, 2010. Cf. Case of Fernández Ortega et al. v. Mexico. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 15, 2010, Considering clauses 4 to 11.

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