76 and the shot fired at him as a result, triggered a disturbance involving a number of inmates, who set the fire in the Center.114 134.35 Young Benito Augusto Adorno died on August 6, 2001.115 134.36 The fire left the following eight inmates either burned or injured: Eduardo Vera, Cándido Ulises Zelaya Flores, Hugo Olmedo, Oscar Rafael Aquino Acuña, Nelson Rodríguez, Demetrio Silguero, Carlos Raúl Romero Giacomo and Aristides Ramón Ortiz Bernal116. 134.37 In official communications addressed to their superiors in the weeks leading up to the fire, a number of staff members and guards had warned that tensions at the Center were running very high and the situation was extremely dangerous.117 134.38 for all.118 After the July 25, 2001 fire, the State shut down the Center once and Assistance provided by the State after the fires 134.39 The State covered various expenses occasioned by the deaths of some inmates and injuries to others, such as a certain amount for medical and 114 Cf. Report on the July 25, 2001 riot, which the Acting Chief of Guards, Mr. Sergio Hermosilla, sent to the Center’s Chief of Security (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 36, folio 481); report on the fire that occurred at the Institute on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 39, folio 495); document titled “Adolescents deprived of liberty: some thoughts. Measures proposed by the Deputy Minister of Justice, Fernando Vicente Canillas Vera. July 30, 2001” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 26, folio 405); report on the July 25, 2001 riot, which the Acting Chief of Guards, Mr. Sergio Hermosilla, sent to the Center’s Chief of Security (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 36, folio 481); report on the fire at the Center on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 39, folio 495); report by the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Paraguay, General Headquarters, on the July 25, 2001 fire (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 9, volume I, folio 133); and prosecution case file No. 9199, titled “inmate riot” on July 25, 2001 (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 24, volume III, folio 876). 115 Cf. Death certificate of young Benito Augusto Adorno (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 6, folio 142); and file of appendixes to the written brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 31, volume I, folio 198). 116 Cf. Note dated July 26, 2001, from DEJAP Police Chief Fermín Valenzuela Bado, to the criminal prosecutorial agent on duty (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 27, folio 483); file of the fire of the 27th (sic) of July 2001, Office of the Juvenile Criminal Prosecutor (file of appendixes to the written brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 31, volume I, folios 125 and 127). 117 Cf. note dated June 18, 2001, from Father Michael Sean O'Loingsigh, Deputy Director of the ‘Panchito López’ Center, to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez Benitez, Director of the Center (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 23, folio 395); July 16, 2001 note from Father Michael Sean O’Loingsigh to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez, Director of the Center (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 28, folio 417); and July 17, 2001 letter that staff of the Center sent to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez, Director of the Center (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 29, folio 423). 118 Cf. The State’s April 26, 2002 communication to the Inter-American Commission (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 4, folio 114); and document titled “Adolescents deprived of liberty: some thoughts. Measures proposed by the Deputy Minister of Justice, Fernando Vicente Canillas Vera. July 30, 2001” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 26, folio 400).

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