You
were the first person to visit Marcelino in prison?
Yes, I was
In what conditions
did you find him?
They [Marcelino and Leonardo] were both beat up, mistreated. There wasn't
a part of their bodies that was healthy. There were burns in their mouths,
their ears, on their clothes.
How long after
they were arrested did you go to visit them?
Three days later. I took them clothes, because they were arrested wearing
old work clothes.
What else
did you take them?
Some food, but they were too hurt to eat. Their mouths were hurt, their
jaws and teeth damaged. They could not pick anything up because their
hands were injured. Marcelino's rib bothered him, and Leonardo was very
hurt.
Where were
you when the police came?
I was in the kitchen. They were in the bedroom inside.
What happened
that night?
After they took them outside, they beat them and beat them. Then they
took them inside Leonardo's house for a while, and then there was a shot.
I did not know what was going on. It was like a war.
What else
happened?
They through tear gas grenades into the house where Leonardo's mother
was sitting in her chair. The old woman cannot walk. They hit people.
They fired their guns. The whole community was there, including the neighborhood
watch who had come to see what was going on.
You followed
Marcelino when the Police took him?
Yes. They dragged them, they put guns to their necks, they clubbed them,
they dunked them in a well. I followed them until they got to Potrerillos.
What did the
police say to you?
They said, "Go away, cow. Go back, old b----, or you die here."
Maybe they were thinking of killing them on the way, but because I was
there behind them maybe they did not kill them.