B. Forced disappearance of César Gustavo Garzón Guzmán 42. César Gustavo Garzón Guzmán was born on June 8, 1958. He was a wrier and trainer at the Casa de Cultura of Ecuador and worked at the “El Conejo” publishing house At the moment of the events, he was 32 years old and was writing his doctoral dissertation in literature. B.1 Regarding the detention in 1989 43. On August 7, 1989, Mr. Garzón Guzmán was detained and taken to the García Moreno Prison, where he was held for approximately 13 months. During his detention, Mr. Garzón Guzmán was held incomunicado for four days and was tortured in order that he acknowledge that he belonged to an illegal armed group. 31 He was accused of having committed various crimes and being involved in “subversive activities.”32 On September 7, 1990, the judge dismissed the case and freed Mr. Garzón Guzmán. B.2 Regarding the facts around the disappearance of Mr. Garzón Guzmán 44. On the afternoon of November 9, 1990, Mr. Garzón Guzmán went to the “El Conejo” publishing house to pick up a check. At 17:30, he met a friend and went to the Exposition Center of Quito, where another friend met them. Later, the three of them went to the Chamber of Construction and met a fourth person. The group then went to the “Bar Tropical.” At 22:00, they left for the “Son Candela” discotheque, where they found two more friends. The discotheque is the last place where Mr. Garzón Guzmán was seen alive.33 45. The family of Mr. Garzón Guzmán, upon noting that he did not return home, checked with his friends and family and, the following day, went to clinics, hospitals, jails and the morgue in an attempt to locate his whereabouts.34 They also went to the Criminal Investigations Service of Pichincha (SIC-P) to denounce the disappearance, where the complaint was not received because 48 hours had not elapsed.35 46. On November 16, 1990, a friend of Mr. Garzón Guzmán lodged a complaint concerning his disappearance to the National Police.36 The same day, the Inspector General of the Police requested the relevant authorities to search for him. One month later, on December 17, 1990, the request was repeated.37 The State disseminated police bulletins, which requested an The arrest of Mr. Garzón Guzmán occurred on August 7, 1989 (evidence file, folio 11). However, he was only entered as a detainee on August 11, 1989 (evidence file, folio 9). Subsequently, Mr. Garzón Guzmán completed a “questionnaire on torture and mistreatment” in which he declared that after his arrest he was interrogated while being tortured by at least three policemen in the installations of the SIC-P (evidence file, folios 36 to 39). Cf. Vol. 4: History of Cases 1989 – 2008. Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010 (evidence file, folio 3447) 31 Cf. Office of investigation of crime of Pichincha. Informative Report 1526 OIDP, August 22, 1994 (evidence file, folio 1103). 32 Cf. Vol. 4: Case Histories 1989 – 2008. Final Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010 (evidence file, folios 3447 to 3448) 33 Cf. Vol. 4: Case Histories 1989 – 2008. Final Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010 (evidence file, folio 3448) 34 35 Cf. Statement of Clorinda Guzmán in the public hearing held on January 27, 2021. Cf. Vol. 4: Case Histories 1989 – 2008. Final Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010 (evidence file, folio 3448) 36 Cf. Telegram 900233-IGPN of November 16, 1990, signed by the Inspector General of the Police and Telegram No. 270-SICP of December 7, 1990, signed by the Head of Criminal Investigations (evidence file, folios 4427 and 4429). 37 12