Last update: 9:30 pm, January 19, 2022
- The prosecution’s second witness Miguel Rafael Izaguirre Padilla, the head of physical security for Inversiones Los Pinares, takes the stand and describes the events of September 7, 2018. In various occasions, Izaguirre inadvertently outlines different facts that help to expose lies described yesterday by Santos Hernandez, the prosecution’s star witness. For example, Izaguirre admitted that Hernandez was never detained by community members and had access to his cellphones, as Hernandez was calling Izaguirre to ask him to pick him up because the mining company’s employees had left him behind at the company’s plant. This contradicts Hernandez and the prosecution’s accusation that Hernandez had been detained by community members and his cell phones stolen. Izaguirre also testified that accused water defender, Orbin Hernandez, maintained a friendly and helpful demeanour towards him the day of the incidents. Izaguirre described the tension and conflict created by the mining company Inversiones Los Pinares’ presence in Tocoa and divisions it creates for local people.
- A medical forensic doctor testified about the lesions found on Santos Hernandez’s body when he was examined on September 8, 2018. The doctor said there was no bleeding or serious wounds or injuries but he found some bruises and a mark made by an unidentified object on Hernandez’s back.
- The trial will continue tomorrow at 8:30 am.
