20, 2018, Elacio Peña Córdova left prison with an order for house arrest, as did Carlos Enrique
Castro Ramírez on December 24, 2018. When this judgment was being deliberated, Freddy
Cáceres Castro had been released with an order for house arrest. Blas Valencia Campos, Carlos
Eladio Cruz Añez and Alfredo Bazán y Rosas remained serving their prison sentences133 at the
date this judgment was handed down.
99. In November 2021, the temporary house arrest for six months of Víctor Manuel Boggiano
Bruzzón was ordered due to health problems134 and, on May 4, 2022, Mr. Boggiano was required
to present himself to the San Pedro Prison in order to serve the rest of his sentence.135 Mr.
Boggiano Bruzzón filed an appeal against this decision on May 12, 2022,136 and, on May 17, 2022,
he requested an extension of the measure of house arrest.137
100. Lastly, on July 31, 2018, Patricia Catalina Gallardo Ardúz left prison with a temporary order
for house arrest, which was extended four times on March 1, 2019, September 12, 2019, June
26, 2020, and May 13, 2021. Ms. Gallardo Ardúz filed an incidental plea for parole on November
25, 2021.138 On May 3, 2022, it was declared that the house arrest had been completed and an
arrest warrant was issued.139 The court scheduled the hearing on the request for conditional
release for May 24, 2022.140 The hearing was held on May 30, 2022, and it was decided to grant
her the benefit of conditional release.141
D. The investigation into the complaints of ill-treatment and torture
101. In Instruction No. 467/2010 of June 23, 2010, the Prosecutor General of the Public
Prosecution Service instructed the La Paz district prosecutor, a.i., to order the opening of the
corresponding criminal investigation of the perpetrators of the alleged acts of torture and the
inhuman treatment of the 26 alleged victims in this case.142 On July 7, 2010, the prosecutor,
director of operations for cases reported to the Special Crime Fighting Force, announced the
opening, ex officio, of investigations into the crimes of ill-treatment and torture. This responded
Cf. Table prepared by the State based on information provided by the Prison Regime General Directorate
attached to the Ministry of the Interior (evidence file, folios 7570 to 7572).
133
134
Cf. Order for temporary house arrest issued by the Second Court for Execution of Sentence on November 3,
2021 (merits file, folio 907).
Cf. Resolution No. 064/2022 issued by the Second Court for Execution of Sentence on May 4, 2022 (merits
file, folio 964).
135
136
Cf. Remedy of appeal against resolution 064/2022 filed by Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón on May 12, 2022
(merits file, folio 1065).
Cf. Request to extend house arrest filed by Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón on May 17, 2022 (merits file,
folios 1066 and 1067).
137
138
Cf. Incidental plea for parole filed by Patricia Catalina Gallardo Ardúz on November 25, 2021 (merits file, folios
977 and 978).
139
Cf. Resolution No. 063/2022 issued by the Second Court for Execution of Sentence on May 3, 2022 (merits
file, folios 984 to 986).
Cf. Schedule for hearing on the incidental plea for parole filed by Patricia Catalina Gallardo issued on May 13,
2022 (merits file, folio 1053).
140
141
Cf. Brief of representative Jemio Mendoza of May 31, 2022 (merits file, folios 1098 and 1099).
142
Cf. Instruction No. 467/2010 issued by the Prosecutor General of the Public Prosecution Service on June 23,
2010 (evidence file, folios 12820 y12821).
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