Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
9 that that was the color they would paint the coffin that they
10 would have me in.
11 Q. Let's talk about March 27th. Can you please describe what
12 happened that night.
13 A. Yes. At that time, I had a habit of going out in the
14 evenings between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m., and since the death of
15 Monseñor, I hadn't gone out until this date, the 27th, and I
16 will relate to you what happened next.
17 That night, that evening, it was about 10:15 p.m.,
18 when someone knocked at the door, asking for me, saying that a
19 friend was looking for me. And they gave the name of this
20 friend.
21 I got up and I told my domestic employee that to be
22 careful, to open the door with caution. And I was carrying a
23 12 caliber shotgun with me.
24 And this was out of fear, because I had been
25 threatened. And in San Salvador, it was a time of incredible
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1 tension, at least all the people that I was somehow involved
2 with or coworkers, they were all in fear.
3 And every day, as soon as the sun went down, I would
4 have this fever, I would get this fever. That night, my
5 employee opened the door and two young men walked in. When
6 the -- when they entered, I had the shotgun in my hands, and I
7 peeked -- I opened the door of my bedroom and I peeked to see
8 if I recognized them and I did not recognize them, so I told
9 them to sit down. They did not see the shotgun that I had,
10 but when I saw them, one that was -- a briefcase that they
11 were carrying, they pulled out of it a -- an automatic weapon.
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