45 their bodies were found the same day, February 10, 1988, in Zone 4 (Second Street, Route 6) of Guatemala City and showed signs of violence and injuries, one of which caused their deaths. (cfr. Police report of February 10, 1988, issued by the officer III of the National Police of Guatemala; certificate of removal of the corpses issued by the Thirteenth Criminal Magistrate’s Court of Guatemala on February 10, 1988; interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in police report of March 22, 1988; interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in police report of May 25, 1988; autopsy report of February 12, 1988, reproduced in official communication No. F-1655. D-7288 of June 22, 1988; autopsy report of February 12, 1988, reproduced in official communication No. 3006-88 of June 22, 1988; statement by Carol René Juárez-Hernández, National Police investigator with the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police and expert report by Robert C. Bux to the Inter-American Court). 5) Concerning Mr. Manuel de Jesús González-López: detained at approximately 6.00 p.m. on February 11, 1988 outside his home in the Mezquital Estate in Zone 12 of Guatemala City by persons wearing civilian clothes; forced into a white 1986 Nissan Cherry Vanette vehicle; his body was found on February 13, 1988, close to the highway leading from Villa Canales to the El Zapote Farm, and bore an indentation on the neck from hanging, with signs of bruising and indications that his wrists had been bound. (cfr. Testimony of María Elizabeth Chinchilla de González; police report of February 13, 1988; police report of the Special Crimes and Narcotics Section of the Homicide Squad of the National Police of April 4, 1988; sworn statement by María Elizabeth Chinchilla de González delivered to Notary Jorge Humberto Castillo de León on May 5, 1988; sworn statement by María Chinchilla de González delivered to Notary Fernández-Font on May 13, 1988; death certificate issued by Registrar of the Capital - Municipality of Guatemala on May 14, 1990, and report of expert Robert C. Bux). 6) Concerning Mr. Oscar Vásquez: detained on February 13, 1988 by Treasury Police agents subsequently identified as such; forced into a white van with tinted windows and no license plates; taken to the premises of the Treasury Police where he was beaten; placed at the disposal of the Twelfth Criminal Justice of Peace of Guatemala by the Treasury Police at 2:00 a.m. on February 14, 1988, through official communication No. 167, accused of illegal traffic in pharmaceutical products and drugs or narcotic substances, and active bribery. (cfr. Official communication No. 167.- REF. GCD/Jmpo of February 14, 1988, from the Chief of the Treasury Police II to the Twelfth Criminal Justice of Peace of Guatemala City; notarial act signed by Oscar Vásquez on March 15, 1988, at the Office of the Warden of the Pavón Criminal Rehabilitation Farm; notarial act signed by José Antonio Montenegro on March 15, 1988, at the office of the warden of the Pavón Criminal Rehabilitation Farm; notarial act signed by Raquel de Jesús Solórzano on March 16, 1988; notarial act signed by Delia Amparo Hernández-Mejía on March 16, 1988; official communication of June 13, 1988, signed by Judge Otto Fernando Palma-Chacón, XII the Criminal Justice of Peace and addressed to the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance; testimony of Oscar Humberto Vásquez, testimony of Raquel de Jesús Solórzano, report of expert Robert C. Bux and brief of final pleadings by the State, folio 2).

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