request of the National Police,60 the Criminal Court District Judge ordered a search of the premises of the La Paz funeral parlor, which had belonged to Mr. García Valle.61 In an order dated April 15, 2002, the Criminal Court District Judge issued a provisional arrest warrant against Iván Argüello and determined that the injured party in that proceeding was María Luisa Acosta.62 42. In her statement of April 16, 2002, María Luisa Acosta indicated that the motive for her husband's murder had not been robbery "because the only things missing [from the house] were some costume jewelry ear rings, used bottles of perfume [and] two costume jewelry […] necklaces”; she stated that she was the person they had been sent to kill, and as they couldn't, they killed her husband “[they being the] three men to whom […] they had rent[ed] the apartment, because they disappeared after the death of [her] husband”. According to her statement, those men had been paid to kill her husband and she “suspect[ed] that the instigator of [his] death [was] Peter Tsokos and his attorney Peter Martínez, because of the legal advice […] she h[ad been giving] to the communities of Monkey Pont, Rama, and the Pearl Lagoon Basin, [in whose lands] they h[ad] stakes worth millions […].63” Finally, she said that a person called Charles Junior Presida might be linked to her husband's murder, because he had been seen on the Wednesday after the crime with a group of unknown people at a place called Wiren Kay64. On this, the petitioners stated that Charles Presida was the pilot of the boat with the outboard motor, who allegedly got the people suspected of killing Mr. García Valle out of Bluefields. 43. That same day, April 16, 2002, the District Criminal Court Judge took a statement from a neighbor, María Esther Castrillo, who, based on a picture in the newspaper, recognized Iván Argüello as one of the tenants of the apartment in Mrs. Acosta's house. 65 Between April 13 and 18, 2002, the judge in the case took statements from four people, including Charles Presida,66 who said he knew nothing about the murder.67 44. On April 18, 2002, the National Police sent the District Criminal Court the findings of the Alternate Forensic Scientist, reporting the extraction of the bullet that killed Mr. García Valle and its delivery to the National Police, as he considered it "of major importance for continuing relevant investigations into the 60 Appendix 64. Application for a House Search Warrant, National Police Criminal Investigations, April 15, 2002. Trial court file, folio 38. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 61 Appendix 65. Search warrant granted by the Bluefields District Criminal Court Judge, April 15, 2002. Trial court file, folio 43. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 62 Appendix 66. Provisional arrest warrant against Iván Argüello Rivera, issued by the Bluefields District Criminal Court Judge, April 15, 2002. Trial court file, folio 46 judicial certificate of notification served on María Luisa at her home, April 16, 2002. Appendix 67. Court order, April 16, 2002. Trial court file, folio 44. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 63 Appendix 35. Statement by María Luisa Acosta to the District Court Judge, April 16, 2002. Trial court file, folio 56. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 64 Appendix 35. Statement by María Luisa Acosta to the District Court Judge, April 16, 2002. Trial court file, folio 56 Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. On this, the petitioners stated that Charles Presida was the pilot of the boat with the outboard motor, who allegedly got the people suspected of killing Mr. García Valle out of Bluefields. Initial petition of June 20, 2007. 65 Appendix 41. Witness statement by María Esther Castrillo Chavarría (neighbor), April 16, 2002. Trial court file, folio 51. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 66 On April 13, 2002, the Judge took a statement from Nathalia Isabel Omer Hulse (domestic worker).66 Two days later, on April 18, 2002, statements were taken from neighbor Eddy Eduardo Lira Miles, carpenter Miguel Antonio López Balladares, and Charles Presida66. Appendix 32. Witness statement by Natalia Omeir Halls, April 16, 2002. Trial court file, folios 53 and 54. Appendix 68. Witness statement by Eddy Eduardo Lira Miles before the Bluefields District Criminal Court Judge, April 17, 2002. Trial court file, folio 64. Appendix 69. Witness statement by Miguel Antonio López Balladares before the Bluefields District Criminal Court Judge, Thursday, April 18, 2002. Trial court file, folios 71 and 72. Appendix 70. Signed statement by Charles Jeremiah Presida, under preliminary investigation before the Bluefields District Criminal Court Judge, Thursday, April 18, 2002. Trial court file, folios 83 and 84. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007. 67 Appendix 70. Signed statement by Charles Jeremiah Presida, under preliminary investigation, before the Bluefields District Criminal Court Judge, Thursday, April 18, 2002. Trial court file, folios 83 and 84. Appendix to the petitioners’ communication of July 13, 2007.