Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
9 you arrived.
10 A. When I entered the room, this room was about, smaller than
11 this room, maybe half the size of this room. And surrounding
12 the gurney where Monseñor's body was, there were about almost
13 a hundred people.
14 Q. Were there any police at the Policlínica?
15 A. No.
16 Q. Should they have been there?
17 A. Yes. They should have been there due to security reasons,
18 and that's why, when I arrived, I called my secretary and I
19 asked him to call the police and ask for backup, because there
20 was so much people that we weren't able to work.
21 Q. Was an autopsy performed?
22 A. Yes, but before this, I should say that I had to make
23 everybody leave the room. There were so many people in the
24 room, just people from the town and nuns and relatives and one
25 of his brothers and another sister who was a nun, and just a
RAMIREZ AMAYA - D
215
1 lot of people.
2 Q. Okay. Can you briefly describe the autopsy, please.
3 A. Yes. As soon as all this group of people left, then there
4 was only the forensic doctor, the main doctor, who was
5 Mr. Cuellar Ortiz, and another doctor by the name of Pedro
6 Chavarria along with two others. Then x-rays were taken. But
7 at first, they couldn't detect where the bullet was, and so
8 two or three more x-rays had to be taken. Then they found
9 three fragments, bullet fragments, inside the thorax.
10 After that, the doctors, in my presence, then
11 proceeded to cut the cartilage in the sternum area to open the
Page 29