in the murder. 110 On April 17, 2000, the judge of the proceeding decided to archive the case file. 111 Then, on May 17 and 24, 2000, the injured party filed a brief before the judge of the proceeding in which they considered it necessary, among other matters, that “the investigation be reactivated, urgently, at least with regard to [the person identified as a participant in the facts by the Inspector],” and offered three testimonial statements. 112 In response, on September 5, 2000, the judge of the proceeding decided, among other matters, to annul the order to archive the case and established a hearing so that the witnesses offered could provide their testimony. 113 62. Subsequently, the following measures were taken in the context of the criminal investigation: (a) the judge of the proceeding received various statements between September 21 and December 7, 2000, some of which referred to the participation in the murder of Mr. Gutiérrez of the federal police agent indicted, of the presumed participant identified, and of other police agents, as well as to presumed obstructions in the investigation of the incident; 114 (b) following an order of the judge of the proceeding, 115 the logbook of those on duty in the Avellaneda Second Police Precinct was seized and a handwriting appraisal was made of pertinent parts of this document. On October 23, 2000, the official calligraphic expert presented his report, 116 and (c) following an order of the judge of the proceeding, 117 on December 1, 2000, the designated Judicial Investigator and the Chief Clerk of the Court went to the Departmental Investigations Directorate of Lomas de Zamora and to the Second Police Precinct of Avellaneda to carry out the seizure and removal of different document, recording that the results of their search were unsuccessful. 118 63. On July 12 119 and September 17, 2001, 120 the judge of the proceeding asked the Prosecutor General of the La Plata Judicial Department to appoint judicial investigators of 110 Cf. Brief of May 6, 1999, addressed to the judge of the proceeding (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 1826-9 to 1826-11 and 1826-20). 111 Cf. Decision of April 17, 2000, of Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 1815). 112 Cf. Brief presented on May 17 and 24, 2000, to Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 1817 to 1819). 113 Cf. Decision of September 5, 2000, of Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the submission brief, folios 205 and 206). 114 The case file before the Court contains 15 statements before Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of attachments to the submission brief, folios 879, 883 to 887, 888 to 892 and 1016 to 1019; annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 1855 to 1857, and file of annexes to the submission brief, folios 48 to 51, 53, 54, 56 to 99, 213 to 217, 219 to 222, 224 to 229, 231, 232, 235 to 244 and 246 to 253). 115 Cf. Decision of September 28, 2000, of Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of attachments to the submission brief, folio 856); Record of September 29, 2000, procedure carried out ex officio of seizure of logbook before the Judicial Department of La Plata (file of attachments to the submission brief, folio 874), and Communication of October 3, 2000, addressed to the Head of the Court Expert Appraisal Services by the Secretary of Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the submission brief, folio 211). 116 Cf. Expert appraisal report of October 18, 2000, addressed to Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the submission brief, folios 208 to 210). 117 Cf. Order of November 30, 2000, of Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the submission brief, folios 255 and 256). 118 Cf. Note of December 1, 2000, of the Second Police Precinct of Avellaneda (file of annexes to the submission brief, folio 268), and Record of December 1, 2000, of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the submission brief, folios 270 and 271). 119 Cf. Order of July 12, 2001, of Transitional Court No. 2 of the La Plata Judicial Department (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 1821). 26

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