place in the Automotores Orletti secret detention and torture center. 106
100. In the processing of case No. 2637/04, attorney Eduardo Marques Iraola, on behalf of
Anatole Alejandro Larrabeiti Yáñez, submitted a brief on November 19, 2012, whereby he
requested that he be considered “constituted as a party to the complaint.” 107 The judge
hearing the case agreed to the request on November 20, 2012. On December 10, 2012, he
filed another brief in which he requested, among other things: (a) that specific procedures be
carried out to locate and identify the remains of Julien Cáceres, for which he requested that
“the intervention of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team” in order for it to carry out any
“work that, in [their] judgment, […] was deemed pertinent”; (b) that the crimes committed
to the detriment of Anatole and Victoria be investigated; (c) that the crimes committed against
the property of the Julien Grisonas family be investigated, and (d) that the “fate of Victoria
Grisonas” be investigated. 108 On September 18, 2017, the plaintiff requested the recusal of
the judge in the case "for lacking impartiality and independence." 109 According to the judge in
the case, the plaintiff later withdrew the accusation. 110
101. In the framework of case No. 2637/04, five “segments” or parts have been brought to
the oral trial stage before Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 1 of the Federal Capital. Regarding
these “segments,” “the facts that affected the Julien Grisonas family served […] as the object
of the process in [four] of them,” corresponding to the following cases, according to the record
of that Oral Court: (a) No. 1627, known as “Automotores Orletti I” case; (b) No. 1976, in
which the trial was held together with cases No. 1504, 1951, and 2054, a “mega-trial” known
as “Operation Condor,” “Plan Condor,” or “Automotores Orletti II”; (c) No. 2261 and 2390,
joined 111 for a single trial known as “Automotores Orletti III and IV”, and (d) No. 3002, known
as the “Automotores Orletti V.” trial. 112 Below is a brief account of these processes.
102. In case 1627, the Oral Court issued its verdict on March 31, 2011, the reasoning for
which was announced on May 31 of the same year. The judges found it proven, inter alia, that
Ms. Grisonas Andrijauskaite “was illegally deprived of her liberty […] in the framework of an
operation carried out by a large group of armed persons, […] she was transferred [to]
Automotores Orletti, […] where she was subjected to torture and inhuman detention
conditions,” and, to date, “[r]emains missing.” Three of the defendants were convicted of
these acts 113 (infra para. 170). The decision was upheld by the Federal Chamber of Criminal
106
Cf. Order of July 17, 2020 issued by the National Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 3 (evidence file,
volume IV, annex 14 to the answering brief, folios 10984 and 10985).
107
Cf. Brief filed on November 19, 2012 by Eduardo Marques Iraola, on behalf of Anatole Alejandro Larrabeiti
Yáñez, before Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 3, case No. 2637/04 (evidence file, volume I, annex 4 to
the Report on the Merits, folios 1442 to 1451).
108
Cf. Brief filed on December 10, 2012, by Eduardo Marques Iraola, on behalf of Anatole Alejandro Larrabeiti
Yáñez, before Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 3 in case No. 2637/04 (evidence file, volume I, annex 20
to the Report on the Merits, folios 1528 to 1544).
109
Cf. Brief filed on September 18, 2017, by Eduardo Marques Iraola, on behalf of Anatole Alejandro Larrabeiti
Yáñez, before Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 3 in case No. 2637/04 (evidence file, volume I, annex 21
to the Report on the Merits, folios 1546 to 1562).
110
Cf. Order of July 17, 2020 issued by the National Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 3 (evidence file,
volume IV, annex 14 to the answering brief, folio 11054).
111
In the judgment issued by Court IV of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation on February 27, 2019, case
No. 2637/2004, it was indicated that “[…] case No. 2261 and its combined case No. 2390, emerged from the splitting
up of case No. 2637/ 2004” (evidence file, volume IV, annex 17 to the answering brief, folios 14319).
112
Cf. Official communication of July 13, 2020 issued by the Attorney General of the Assistance Unit for Cases of
Human Rights Violations during State Terrorism of the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Nation (evidence file,
volume IV, annex 24 to the brief of response, folios 15918 and 15919) and official communication of July 15, 2020
issued by the Prosecutor of the Office of the Prosecutor for Crimes against Humanity of the Office of the Public
Prosecutor of the Nation (evidence file, volume IV, annex 17 to the answering brief, folios 12343 and 12344).
113
Cf. Judgment issued by Federal Oral Criminal Court No. 1 on May 31, 2011, case No. 1627 (evidence file,
volume I, annex 2 to the Report on the Merits, folios 1270, 1432, and 1437).
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