44 detained on December 29, 1987, by uniformed members of the Treasury Police. There are contradictions regarding the time and circumstances of the arrests; taken away in a white Ford Econoline van with tinted windows; taken to the premises of the Treasury Police; during his detention, Mr. Angárita was beaten and injured by members of the Treasury Police. (cfr. Official communication No. F-1580. I-613-88.- of June 15, 1988, signed by Dr. Mario Alfredo Porres O., Forensic Expert of the Republic of Guatemala, addressed to the Seventh Court of First Criminal Instance; notarial act by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez at the "Pavón" Rehabilitation Model Farm on May 5, 1988; statement by Doris Torres-Gil to the Seventh Court of First Criminal Instance on June 15, 1988; petition by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez to the Minister of the Interior of Guatemala; statement by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez to the Seventh Court of First Criminal Instance delivered at the "Pavón" Rehabilitation Model Farm on June 15, 1988; statement given to the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance by Doris Torres-Gil on June 23, 1988; report of expert Robert C. Bux to the Inter-American Court and brief of closing arguments by the State, folio 2). 3) Concerning Ms. Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales: detained at approximately 6.00 a.m. on February 9, 1988, near her home (Tenth Avenue "A" 10-78, Zone 7, Castillo Lara Estate) by a group of men wearing sports clothes, when she went out to buy food; forced into a white "van" with tinted windows; a writ of habeas corpus was filed on her behalf on the day of her arrest; her body was found on February 11, 1988, in the Municipality of Palencia, Zone 3, Guatemala City, covered with wounds and traces of physical violence; her head had been almost severed from the body; her family was constantly harrassed by the police and some of her relatives were forced to flee Guatemala. (cfr. Police report of February 10, 1988; police report of February 12, 1988; expansion of police report of February 12, 1988; petition presented by María Idelfonsa Morales de Paniagua contained in police report of February 15, 1988; interview with Eugenio Ruano contained in police report of February 15, 1988; official communication of the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Squad of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police of February 15, 1988; official communication No. A-567.B-70/95 of the Forensic Department of the Republic of Guatemala, C.A., dated December 22, 1995 and signed by Dr. Alonso René Portillo; testimony of María Idelfonsa Morales de Paniagua; testimony of Blanca Lidia Zamora de Paniagua and report of expert Robert C. Bux to the Inter-American Court). 4) Concerning Mr. William Otilio González-Rivera and Mr. Pablo Corado-Barrientos: On February 10, 1988, the day of their disappearance, the victims were detained by a State agent wearing a pistol and two cartridges; an article in the daily paper "El Gráfico" of February 12, 1988 reports that Mr. González and Mr. Corado were forced into a white "van" by armed men;

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