Wheres the forensic evidence?
The evidence presented against the brothers is tenuous, at best. Amnesty International has received information that indicates due process was not observed during the trial of the Miranda brothers. There are claims that the evidence and crime scene were disturbed, that the testimony of ten witnesses who placed the brothers far from the scene of the crime was ignored and that the testimony of the witnesses on which the judge made his decision was flawed and inconsistent. Perhaps most shocking is the fact that no material evidence exists that links the Miranda brothers to the dead body of Juan Reyes Gómez, the man they are accused of murdering. Leonardo Miranda explains demurely, “We were not given a fair trial and we were accused of crimes we did not commit. We are now in prison for 29 years.” This is not the first time that members of COPINH have been targeted. Other members have been assaulted, have received death threats, had their homes fired upon and have had bullets left at their
