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Milton Jiménez Puerto, lawyer
Inés Consuelo Murillo, student
René Velásquez Díaz, lawyer
César Augusto Murillo, lawyer
José Gonzalo Flores Trejo, shoemaker
e)
Witnesses presented by the Commission to testify on specific facts related to this case:
Elizabeth Odio Benito, former Minister of Justice of Costa Rica
Antonio Carrillo Montes, former Consul General of Costa Rica in Honduras
29.
Despite the summons by the Court, the following witnesses offered by the Commission
failed to appear at these hearings:
Bernd Niehaus, former Minister of Foreign Relations of Costa Rica
Antonio Menjíbar, a Salvadoran detained in Honduras
Leónidas Torres Arias, former member of the Honduran military
José María Palacios, attorney
Mauricio Villeda Bermúdez, attorney
Linda Rivera de Toro, the judge who carried out the writ of habeas corpus on behalf of
Francisco Fairén Garbi and Yolanda Solís Corrales
Linda Drucker, journalist
Israel Morales Chinchilla, Chief Inspector of Immigration of Guatemala
Jorge Solares Zavala, Immigration Inspector of Guatemala
Mario Méndez Ruiz, Immigration Inspector of Guatemala
Fernando Antonio López Santizo, former Assistant Director of Immigration of Guatemala
Carlos Augusto López Santizo, former Consul General of Guatemala in Costa Rica, who had
deceased at the time of the hearings.
Licentiate Linda Rivera de Toro gave sworn testimony before a Notary Public on January 7, and
September 28, 1987. By letter of August 25, 1987, Dr. Bernd Niehaus ratified his "statements
made about this case before the Special Investigatory Commission of the Legislative Assembly of
Costa Rica."
30.
After having heard the witnesses, the Court directed the submission of additional evidence
to assist it in its deliberations. Its Order of October 7, 1987 reads as follows:
A.
Documentary Evidence
1.
To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit the
original immigration cards and the automobile entry permit granted by the
governments of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
2.
To request the Government of Honduras to provide the organizational
chart showing the structure of Battalion 316 and its position within the Armed
Forces of Honduras.
3.
To request Dr. Carlos E. Colombari Armijo, the dentist of Francisco Fairén
Garbi, to furnish the certified dental records, and to ask the Government of Costa
Rica for a copy of the personal data contained on the passport application. Clyde
Collins Snow, Ph.D., the forensic pathologist offered by the Commission, or any
other that it may call, shall submit an opinion on the autopsy (of the cadaver
found at La Montañita), on the basis of the information obtained. The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights shall cover the costs.