48 it was confiscated, and that they had abused their authority and violated the rights of Guatemalan citizens. (cfr. Police report, official communication No. 3214 Ref. BIEN. FOA/rrh, of June 6, 1988, signed by Felicito Olíva-Arias, Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police; statement by César Augusto Guerra-Ramírez, delivered to the Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police, Felicito Olíva-Arias, on April 13, 1988; statement by Neftalí Ramírez-García, delivered to the Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police, Felicito Olíva-Arias, on April 13, 1988; statement by Manuel de Jesús de la Cruz Hernández, delivered to the Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police, Felicito Olíva-Arias, on April 13, 1988; statement by Aníbal René Morales-Marroquín delivered to the Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police, Felicito Olíva-Arias, on April 13, 1988, and statement by Juan José Elías Palma, delivered to the Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police, Felicito OlívaArias, on April 13, 1988). g. According to the "operations log" of the Intelligence Section of the Treasury Police, license plates P-219022 and P-123857 were used, along with others, by this institution, although they belonged to vehicles owned by private citizens. (cfr. List of the twenty-four (24) sets of vehicle license plates used by the Treasury Police, according to the operations log of that institution’s intelligence squad, issued by the Special Advisory Services of the National Police of Guatemala on April 21, 1988). h. The June 6, 1988 report of the National Police was delivered to the Seventh Criminal Court of Instruction, together with the following vehicles: a white 1981 Ford Econoline 350 "van" with only one license plate with the tag No. O-16997; a white 1986 "Cherry Vanette" Nissan minibus, with the license plate number P-89324, and a brown 1978 Chevrolet Chevy Van 20 with no license plates. (cfr. Note of notification of information of June 6, 1988, signed by Justice of Peace Víctor Hugo Trejo-Deleón and addressed to the Director-General of the National Police; order of the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala of June 7, 1988, and official communication No. 558 Ref. CSB/Jodcp of July 7, 1988, from the Director-General of the Treasury Police to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance). i. On June 8, 1988, Mr. Felicito Olíva-Arias appeared before the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance and corroborated the contents of the National Police report of June 6, 1988, and the complaints contained therein. The Court ratified the complaint which origenated the trial in that Court and on the same day he ordered the initiation of the necessary proceedings to clarify the facts denounced. These included a summons issued to seventeen National Police agents involved in the investigation, 44 eyewitnesses and 23 persons identified as injured in the case; instructions were given for the vehicles mentioned in the court order to be examined and the courts were asked to process the individual cases concerning the deaths and disappearances mentioned in the police report of June 6, 1988, and to report on the proceedings to the Seventh Court. (cfr. Summons of Felicito Olíva-Arias to appear before the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance on June 8, 1988; order of the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala of June 8, 1988 and official communication ref. C-165.of.7o. from the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance to the Director-General of the National Police). j. The Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance, Julio Aníbal Trejo-Duque, initiated the preliminary investigation, and on June 10, 1988 he inspected the Treasury Police "operations log." (cfr. Certificate of judicial recognition of June 10, 1988). k. On July 19 and 20, 1988, Judge Trejo-Duque ordered the arrest of Aníbal René Morales-Marroquín, Manuel de Jesús de la Cruz-Hernández, Edwin Arturo Pineda-