Domínguez Bohrt, Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal was recognized by the assailants and received a blast of gunfire. 39 The State contends that Mr. Flores Bedregal died at that moment. 42. According to the State's version, the body of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal was subsequently found by police officers in a ravine 40, and said police officers allegedly removed the body without the participation of a forensic doctor and without documenting the crime scene. 41 According to this version, the body was transferred to the Clinical Hospital morgue, from where it was apparently removed 42 without having been able to be located and identified to the present day. The representatives alleged that, following his arrest and the immediately subsequent acts of violence, Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal was transferred by ambulance to the Headquarters, 43 and his whereabouts or the fate of his remains have not been determined since then. On July 17, 1980, the Flores Bedregal sisters began searching for their brother. At the public hearing, Olga Flores Bedregal said that she personally searched for him in the morgue. His uncle, who was a doctor, went to the hospitals to find out if any injured person had been taken to them. His sister Eliana, who was pregnant at the time, went to the detention centers. The Bedregal sisters filed complaints and initiated investigations and judicial proceedings. In her statement, Veronica Flores, who was living in Belgrade at the time, went to the Red Cross in that city to file a complaint with the Swiss Red Cross. In 1986, she returned to Bolivia and participated in the search for her brother. 44 43. 44. The search for Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal was permeated by the context of the coup d'état of July 1980. From that moment on, the de facto government established a regime of repression in which military forces and premilitary groups committed serious violations of human rights within a framework of impunity that benefited the systematic practice of illegal detentions, tortures, and the Forced Disappearance of people. 45 Thousands of people were detained without due process as a result of a systematic practice of detention, unlawful arrests, and torture. The principal methods used to conduct interrogations consisted of beatings, electric shocks, sexual abuse, mock executions, cigarette burns, psychological duress, and other acts of intimidation against the detainees or their family members. 46 39 Cfr. Statement by Eduardo Germán Domínguez Bohrt, of May 13, 2019, based on a statement rendered before the Truth Commission, on April 11, 2019 (case of file evidence, p. 8873-8876), and the statement offered before the Court by Eduardo Germán Domínguez Bohrt, during the public hearing held on February 10, 2022. 40 The internal proceeding includes the statements of Messrs. Joaquín Quisbert Quiroga and Rogelio Gómez Espinoza, officials of the Headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Directorate, who indicated that together with other persons, they proceeded to remove the bodies of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal and Marcelo Quiroga in the vicinity of the road to Mallasa, in the city of La Paz. They pointed out that "both bodies had been thrown off a cliff and had gunshot wounds." Rogelio Gómez Espinoza also pointed out that they deposited the bodies in the Morgue of the Clinical Hospital (Hospital de Clínicas) and half an hour later they found out that the bodies had been stolen. Cf. Judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation of April 15, 1993, supra, and Order No. 129/2007 of the Second Circuit Criminal Court, of December 12, 2007, supra. These statements were controversial among the representatives, with the arguments that these police officers were subsequently convicted of the crimes of coverup and false testimony. 41 Cf. Record of the removal of the body, Form D4, July 18, 1980 (case file evidence, p. 7372-7374). 42 Cfr. Judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation of April 15, 1993, supra, and Order No. 129/2007 of the Second Circuit Criminal Court, of December 12, 2007, supra. 43 In this regard, the Commission makes no mention of the transfer by ambulance of Mr. Flores Bedregal to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 44 Cfr. Statement of Olga Beatriz Flores Bedregal rendered before the Court during the public hearing held on February 10, 2022, and statement of Verónica Flores Bedregal, supra. 45 Cfr. Case of Ticona Estrada et al. v. Bolivia, supra, para. 45. 46 Cfr. Case of Ticona Estrada et al. v. Bolivia, supra, para. 48. 14