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Hichos, José Luis Grajeda-Beltetón, Juan José Elías-Palma, César Augusto GuerraRamírez, Neftalí Ramírez-García, Igloberto Pineda-Juárez, Marco Tulio RamírezLorenzana, Edgar René Eguizabal-Morales, Jorge Edilio Guerra-Lemus, Sarvélio ValdézHernández, Juan Francisco Pensamiento-Alvarado, Víctor Manuel Samayoa-García,
Hugo Silva-Morán and Mario Rolando Marín-León, all of whom were Treasury Police
agents at the time of the events that led to the instant Case. He also summoned the
Director of the Treasury Police, Oscar Augusto Díaz-Urquizú, and two officers of that
police corps for questioning.
(cfr. Order of the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala of July 19, 1988; order of the
Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance of July 20, 1988; official communication No. 165/87 Of. 7o. of July
20, 1988, signed by the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala; statement by José Luis
Grajeda-Beltetón delivered to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala on July 19, 1988;
statement by Neftalí Ramírez-García, delivered to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala
on July 19, 1988; statement by Igloberto Pineda-Juárez, delivered to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First
Instance of Guatemala on July 19, 1988; statement by César Augusto Guerra-Ramírez, delivered to the
Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala on July 19, 1988; statement by Manuel de Jesús de la
Cruz-Hernández, delivered to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala on July 19, 1988;
statement by Juan José Elías-Palma, delivered to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of Guatemala
on July 19, 1988, and statement by Aníbal René Morales-Marroquín, delivered to the Seventh Judge of
Criminal First Instance of Guatemala on July 19, 1988).
l.
Judge Trejo-Duque was kidnapped at 3.45 p.m. on July 20, 1988 and released
two days later.
(cfr. Report of the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Section of the Criminal Investigations Department of the
National Police of July 21, 1988; report of the Criminal Investigation Department, Homicide Investigation
Section, of the National Police of July 23, 1988, signed by José Eduardo Cabrera, Miguel Francisco Carreto
and Mario Alfonso Pérez-Martínez; report of the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Section of the DIC; National
Police of July 23, 1988; report of the Criminal Investigations Department, - Homicide Investigation Section of the National Police of July 23, 1988, folio 3; report of the Criminal Investigations Department of the
National Police, Homicide Section, Guatemala, C.A., of July 26, 1988, folio 9, and testimony of Judge TrejoDuque).
m.
On July 22 the Judge who replaced Judge Trejo-Duque while he was in
captivity, Vicente Sagastume-Pérez, continued the questioning and ordered the
provisional imprisonment of Treasury Police agents Aníbal René Morales-Marroquín,
Manuel de Jesús de la Cruz-Hernández, Edwin Arturo Pineda-Hichos, José Luis
Grajeda-Beltetón, Juan José Elías-Palma, César Augusto Guerra-Ramírez, Neftalí
Ramírez-García, Igloberto Pineda-Juárez, Marco Tulio Ramírez-Lorenzana, Edgar René
Eguizabal-Morales, Jorge Odilio Guerra-Lemus, Sarvélio Valdéz-Hernández, Juan
Francisco Pensamiento-Alvarado, Víctor Manuel Samayoa-García, Hugo Silva-Morán,
Mario Rolando Marín-León, José Ruben Carías-Ortega, José Germán MazariegosSalazar, Benner Orlando Noriega-Batres, José Antonio Aldana-Fajardo, Francisco Javier
Guerra-Trabanino, Jorge Enrique Pérez-Ruíz, Miguel Humberto Aguirre-López and
Manuel Boiton-Ayala, considering that there was sufficient reason to suppose that they
could be guilty of the crimes of continuous kidnapping, continuous murder, continuous
aggravated robbery, aggravated larceny, unlawful search, abuse of authority and
abuse of individuals. That same day Judge Sagastume-Pérez ordered the arrest of Mr.
Oscar Augusto Díaz-Urquizú, former Director of the Treasury Police, and two agents,
Mr. Tomas Roca-Estrada and Mr. Douglas Rafael Meneses-González.
(cfr. Order (I) of the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance of July 22, 1988, and order of (II) of the
Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance of July 22, 1988).
n.
Once he had returned to his duties, on July 26, 1988, Judge Trejo-Duque
revoked the orders of provisional imprisonment against Mr. Díaz-Urquizú and officers
Tomas Roca-Estrada and Douglas Rafael Meneses-González, "on the ground that there
was insufficient reason for ordering [it]", but maintained the restriction order against
them. The next day Judge Trejo-Duque officially revoked the order of provisional
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