“License to Kill”

entranceway, while the other two entered the home, woke up the sleeping couple from an
afternoon nap, and handcuffed Sebastian.
A relative said the men produced a list of drug suspects and said Sebastian was on the list.
The family argued with them, saying they were looking for Fernan, the drug-dealing owner,
and not Sebastian, who they said had not used drugs for months. According to the relative:
As soon as they entered, we woke up and Rogie raised his hands, and
begged them for mercy. Then they handcuffed him behind his back. Soon
after, they shot him in the foot and he fell down in the room. 154
The two gunmen then forced his relatives from the room. 155 Sebastian begged them to
allow him to hug and say goodbye to his relatives, believing he was about to be killed, but
they refused his request. According to the relative:
I could hear Rogie begging for his life from outside the room. We were
crying and the other armed man threatened to kill us as well. I told him, go
ahead, then we will be in Heaven together. Then I heard three more
gunshots. Then I passed out and lost consciousness. 156
A neighbor who witnessed the incident told Human Rights Watch that he saw the three
armed men enter and leave Sebastian’s home without being stopped while uniformed
police officers were outside securing the perimeter of the house:
I saw the three cops enter, and I heard the gunshots. There were also
uniformed cops outside, they did not go inside the house. But the three
killers in civilian clothes came and went on a motorcycle without any
interference from the uniformed cops. After the ones in civilian clothes
ones left, the uniformed officers came to the house. The civilian-dressed
154 Ibid.
155 Ibid.
156 Ibid.
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