6)
Héctor Magallón Larson, Coordinator of Greenpeace Forest and
Jungle Campaign, Mexico, an expert in environmental issues and
deforestation, a witness proposed by the representatives, who testified on
the following aspects: i) the “knowledge that Greenpeace-Mexico had
regarding the [alleged] deforestation of the forests in Guerrero state and,
particularly, in the region of Sierra de Petatlán and Coyuca de Catalán;” ii)
the reasons that led to Greenpeace’s involvement in the campaign to
release Messrs. Cabrera García and Montiel Flores; iii) “[an] overview of the
[alleged] difficulties encountered by community environmentalists in Mexico,
emphasizing the [alleged] lack of protection faced by peasants and
indigenous people struggling to preserve the ecosystems in their
communities;”
7)
Miguel Carbonell Sánchez, a researcher at Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de Mexico [National Autonomous University of Mexico], an expert
witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission, who testified on the
following aspects: i) “the involvement of the military jurisdiction in the
investigation and prosecution of crimes that are not the responsibility of
and/or which could constitute human rights violations;” ii) “the theories of
the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice in relation to [the] scope of the
application of military justice in Mexico,” and iii) “the constitutional and legal
regulation of the scope of the application of military justice in Mexico;”
8)
Ernesto López Portillo Vargas, an expert on public security, Executive
Director of the Instituto para la Seguridad y la Democracia A.C. (Institute
for Security and Democracy) (Insyde) and Adviser to the Comisión de
Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal (Human Rights Commission of the
Federal District), an expert witness proposed by the representatives, who
testified on the following aspects: i) “the security policies implemented by
the State […] in which the armed forces have [allegedly] been involved in
public security tasks and the [alleged] lack of adequate domestic or civil
controls over the actions of those forces;” ii) “the profile that a unit of lawenforcement officials should have,” and iii) minimum standards of oversight
required to ensure adequate accountability in such units, the consequences
of their actions and respect for the human rights of the civilian population in
the absence of adequate oversight;
9)
Jose Luis Piñeyro, a sociologist and researcher, Professor at the
Sociology Department of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Campus
Azcapotzalco, an expert witness proposed by the representatives, who
testified on the following aspects: i) “the specific context of militarization in
Guerrero [state] ;” ii) “the reason for and the impact of the presence of the
Armed Forces in the rural communities of Guerrero and on the peasant
movement, highlighting [alleged] patterns of human rights violations
committed against civilians by the military;” iii) “aspects of the [alleged]
militarization in Guerrero which are specific to this [s]tate and [would be]
fundamental to understand the reasons for the military to [allegedly] detain,
torture and invent crimes against the [alleged] victims and [how] the events
described occurred;” iv) “the present situation in Guerrero regarding the
[alleged] militarization and the impact of the anti-drug war on rural
communities,” and v) “the reparation measures that the Mexican State
should adopt in this case;”
10)
Ana C. Deutsch, an expert in Clinical Psychology with experience in
evaluating victims of torture, an expert witness proposed by the
representatives, who testified on the following aspects: i) “the results of a
psychological evaluation carried out on Messrs. Montiel and Cabrera,
specifying the continued effects of the violations which they [allegedly]
suffered,” and ii) the results of the evaluations conducted on relatives of
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