1)
Teodoro Cabrera García, alleged victim, a witness proposed by the
representatives, who testified on the following aspects: i) “the
organizational process of the Organización de Campesinos Ecologistas de la
Sierra de Petatlán y Coyuca de Catalán (OCESP) (Organization of Ecologist
Peasants of Sierra de Petatlán and Coyuca de Catalán), and his involvement
in that organization;” ii) the facts of the alleged violations committed, “as
well as their [alleged] continuing impact on his physical and psychological
health,” iii) “the [alleged] effects resulting from the reported violations on
his family members,” and iv) “the measures that the State should adopt to
repair the damage caused;”
2)
Miguel Olivar López, Mr. Cabrera García’s stepson, a witness
proposed by the representatives, who testified on the following aspects: i)
the alleged effects on the Cabrera López family resulting from “the [alleged]
unlawful and arbitrary arrest, torture, imprisonment, criminal proceedings
and lack of justice in his father’s case;” ii) how “the [alleged] human rights
violations had an impact on his family’s ability to earn a living by tilling the
soil of an old community plot,” iii) the alleged impact on the health and wellbeing of his family; iv) “the [alleged] inability to return to his community;”
v) “the [alleged] continuing impact [on his] family, due to both the [alleged]
lack of recognition of his father’s innocence and the [alleged] ineffective
investigation into the acts of torture and other abuse against him;” vi) “the
present situation of Teodoro Cabrera and his family,” and vii) “the measures
that the State should adopt to repair the damage caused;”
3)
Ubalda Cortés Salgado, wife of Rodolfo Montiel Flores, a witness
proposed by the representatives, who testified on the following aspects: i)
“the organizational process of OCEPS[,] and the work and struggle to defend
the forests, particularly the efforts of Messrs. [Cabrera García and Montiel
Flores];” ii) “the circumstances of the [alleged] unlawful and arbitrary
detention of [the alleged victims] and how the [alleged facts that occurred]
affected her husband’s health;” iii) “the effects that the [alleged] violations
had on her own well-being and on that of her family, and iv) “the necessary
and adequate reparation measures in this case;”
4)
Mario Ernesto Patrón Sánchez, lawyer of the alleged victims in the
domestic proceedings, a witness proposed by the representatives, who
testified on the following aspects: i) the alleged errors and irregularities in
the domestic criminal proceedings conducted against Messrs. Cabrera García
and Montiel Flores, whom he represented as their lawyer and human rights
advocate; ii) how the local courts allegedly hindered the presentation or
consideration of evidence of the alleged torture suffered by the two
presumed victims; iii) the alleged legal and practical obstacles encountered
while exercising their defense, and iv) “the [alleged] fabrication of evidence
found in the domestic criminal proceedings at the local, federal and military
levels;”
5)
Celsa Valdovinos Ríos, a defender of Petatlán forests and holder of
the “Chico Mendes” environmental award for her environmental work in the
state of Guerrero, a witness proposed by the representatives, who testified
on the following aspects: i) “the context of environmental devastation in the
forests of the region;” ii) “the process of founding the OCESP, with
reference to the [alleged] harassment and attacks against environmental
defenders;” iii) the activities of the OCESP, including the activities of the
alleged victims in this case; iv) the alleged attacks and harassment
following the arrest and imprisonment of Messrs. Cabrera García and Montiel
Flores, and v) the alleged impact of these events on the “organizational
process of OCESP and on the ability of its members to freely associate;”
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