Truth there in no Justice.”45
53. The Truth Commission documented the case of Mr. Garzón Guzmán and classified it as
a forced disappearance. It stated that Mr. Garzón Guzmán disappeared two months after
being released from the García Moreno Prison and that “it appears to be the responsibility of
the National Police.”46 The report, in different parts, indicated the members of the National
Police, without naming them, as the alleged persons responsible.47
C. Internal procedures
54. The investigation regarding Mr. Garzón Guzmán can be condensed into three
information reports produced by the Police:
C.1 First information report
55. On January 8, 1991, the Police published Information Report No. 051-SICP, which
informed on the investigations conducted on the disappearance of the victim. The document
states that the investigating officials received various denunciations concerning the
disappearance and took a series of actions, among them taking the statements of the persons
who had been with Mr. Garzón Guzmán on the day that he disappeared and of Luis Alberto
Garzón Guzmán, brother of the victim. It also indicated that Luis Lascano and Rodrigo
Guzmán, brother-in-law and brother of Mr. Garzón Guzmán had been interviewed.48
56. The police also conducted an investigation into the cashing of a check on the day of the
disappearance of the victim; visited hospitals, clinics, assistance houses, morgues and
detention centers, in search of signs of the disappearance of Mr. Garzón Guzmán. They also
contacted offices of emigration “in the possibility that Mr. CÉSAR GUSTAVO GARZÓN GUZMÁN
had left the country,” but the records did not show any migratory movement.49
57. The police report also indicated that the investigation would continue its search to find
Mr. Garzón Guzmán.
C.2 Second information report
58. On July 30, 1991, a Second Lieutenant of the Police issued Information Report No. 1972SICP, explaining that agents had visited the “Son Candela,” health centers, morgues, prisons
and migration offices in Quito and Guayaquil in order to obtain new information, but were
unsuccessful. It also indicated that a telegram had been sent to the Heads of the different
offices of the National Police in May 1991, but there was no response. It stated that the
investigations would continue into the whereabouts of the victim.50
Cf. Executive Summary. Sin Verdad no hay Justicia. Final Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010
(evidence file, folio 2369).
45
Cf. Executive Summary. Sin Verdad no hay Justicia. Final Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010
(evidence file, folio 2729).
46
Cf. Vol. 5: Conclusions Recommendations. Final Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador, 2010 (evidence
file, folios 3817 and 4057)
47
Cf. Information Report No. 051-SICP of January 8, 1991 addressed to the Provincial Head of Criminal
Investigations of Pichincha (evidence file, folios 4431 to 4434).
48
Cf. Information Report No. 051-SICP of January 8, 1991 sent to the Provincial Head of Criminal
Investigations of Pichincha (evidence file, folios 4433 and 4434).
49
Cf. Information Report No. 1972-SICP, of July 30, 1991, sent to the Provincial Head of Criminal
Investigations of Pichincha (evidence file, folio 84).
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