5 14) “in view of the decision by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation”, the 4th National Juvenile Court (hereinafter “the 4th Court”) was designated to hear the case. On September 30, 1994 said Court ordered preventive detention of Police Captain Miguel Ángel Espósito for the crime of aggravated illegal imprisonment and set a $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand pesos) impounding. On February 7, 1995 the higher court confirmed preventive detention in response to an appeal filed by the defense counsel for Miguel Ángel Espósito. That same day, the next of kin of Walter David Bulacio supplied new evidence and requested reopening of the investigation on “injuries, unlawful coercion and torment followed by death.” The Public Prosecutor’s Office adhered to this request and on February 22, 1995 the 4th Court ordered that the investigation begin anew, ordering the gathering of the evidence requested; 15) on February 22, 1995 the preliminary proceedings were reopened and Fabián Rodolfo Sliwa, “a former officer who, according [to what he himself] said to the media, had witnessed the physical punishment of Walter [David] Bulacio by Police Captain Miguel Ángel Espósito,” was summoned as a witness. The defense counsel for Police Captain Espósito sought, unsuccessfully, to challenge the witness and filed an objection; 16) on May 22, 1995 the defense counsel for Police Captain Espósito filed a motion for “promoción de especialidad” and requested that a trial court for adults intervene, rather than the juvenile court that had been intervening since 1991, for which reason the 4th National Juvenile Court and the 5th and 32d National Criminal Examining Courts of First Instance were disqualified; 17) on August 24, 1995 the Appellate Court decided that the 4th Court should continue to hear the case; 18) between November, 1995 and February, 1996 the 4th Court took judicial steps to corroborate what witness Sliwa had stated in his testimony. Notwithstanding the above, said Court “provisionally dismissed” in the preliminary proceedings with respect to “the fact of injuries followed by death” suffered by minor Walter David Bulacio, on March 8, 1996. No person had been prosecuted for that fact. The defense counsel for Police Captain Espósito requested “definitive dismissal,” which was denied on March 19, 1996, and the “provisional dismissal” remained in effect and the preliminary proceedings were closed regarding illegal imprisonment, for which crime pre-trial detention had been ordered; 19) the main case file was forwarded to the “W” National Trial Court (hereinafter “W Court”), where on April 18 and May 16, 1996, respectively, the prosecutor, representing a group of victims, and the representatives of the parents of Walter David Bulacio filed charges and criminal prosecution in full trial against Police Captain Espósito; 20) on June 28, 1996 the defense counsel for Police Captain Espósito filed an objection challenging the prosecutor, as well as an objection