Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
9 Q. And when did you leave that position?
10 A. I left that position on March 27, 1980.
11 Q. Why did you leave that position?
12 A. Because I suffered from an attempt, attempt against my
13 life at my own home.
14 Q. What case were you investigating -- excuse me.
15 What were you working on at the time of that attempt?
16 A. It had been three or four days since the murder or the
17 assassination of Monseñor Arnulfo Romero, and I had been
18 dedicating my work to that case.
19 Q. After the attempt on March 27th, what did you do in
20 response to that attempt?
21 A. I left the country and I was out of the country for almost
22 ten years.
23 Q. I would like to talk about your role as a judge at that
24 time. You said you were investigating a case. In a normal
25 criminal investigation at that time, who were the key people
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1 involved in that investigation?
2 A. At that time, the jurisdiction for a violent murder was
3 for a judge in charge of criminal cases.
4 Q. Were the police involved in investigating?
5 A. Yes. The police in that chain would be the first to be in
6 charge of the investigation.
7 Q. In 1980, were there prosecuting attorneys involved in
8 investigating?
9 A. We call them -- well, prosecutors. But at that time, they
10 did not have the size of role in the investigation.
11 Q. Just to make clear, you stated before that one of the
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