99.
After four transfers between December 3, 1999, and June 21, 2002, 116 on April 14,
2003, Lucas Matías Mendoza was taken to Ezeiza Federal Penitentiary Complex I. 117 On April
25, 2003, he was moved to the “Federal Penitentiary Complex of the [Autonomous City] of
Buenos Aires].” 118 There, on April 30 that year, at the request of National Execution of
Sentence Court No. 2, the Forensic Medicine Unit diagnosed that the vision impairment to
Lucas Matías Mendoza’s left eye, could have been acquired as a result of trauma, retinal
detachment, and subsequent cataract. In addition, it was also determined that the right eye
also had a lesion that could be the result of congenital problems, and it was recommended
“to provide him with regular training regarding his advanced amblyopic condition.” 119 In
October 2005, a doctor from the Forensic Medicine Unit referred the ophthalmologic
examination performed on Lucas Matías Mendoza that year to another doctor, in order to
advise Execution of Sentence Court No. 2 about his ophthalmologic situation, and the same
conclusions were reached as in the other reports. 120
100. On April 27, 2007, Lucas Matías Mendoza was transferred back to Ezeiza Federal
Penitentiary Complex I. 121 In July that year, at the request of National Execution of
Sentence Court No. 2, a “medical ophthalmology board” of the Forensic Medicine Unit reexamined him and confirmed the previous diagnoses. In this report, it was established that
the “visual acuity with optical correction [of his right eye is] 1/10, [while he is] blind in his
[left] eye,” 122 and the report concluded that the problems he suffered from were
irreversible, with a total and permanent disability of 100 percent. Thus, Lucas Matías
Mendoza would need periodic monitoring of his eyes, owing to the absence of specific
treatments for his condition. 123 Between January 15, 2008, and December 13, 2010, Lucas
Matías Mendoza was transferred three times, arriving finally at Federal Penitentiary Complex
II of Marcos Paz. 124
101. On May 6, 2011, the ophthalmologist of the Forensic Medicine Unit updated the
ophthalmological examination, reaching the same conclusions that have been noted above
116
Cf. From December 3 to 13, 1999, he was in the Federal Capital Prison; from December 13, 1999, to
October 7, 2000, he was in the Federal Complex for Young Adults; from October 7, 2000, to June 21, 2002, he was
in the Ezeiza Federal Prison Complex, and from June 21, 2002, to April 14, 2003, he was in the Regional Prison for
the South. Cf. Report prepared by the General Registry of Detainees (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions
brief, tome XIII, folio 7254).
117
Cf. Report prepared by the General Registry of Detainees (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions
brief, tome XIII, folio 7254).
118
Cf. Report prepared by the General Registry of Detainees (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions
brief, tome XIII, folio 7255).
119
Cf. Medical examination performed by Dr. Norberto Domingo Alfano on April 30, 2003 (file of annexes to
the pleadings and motions brief, tome XIII, folio 7209).
120
Cf. Medical report prepared by Dr. Roberto Borrone on October 28, 2005 (file of annexes to the
submission of the case, tome X, folio 5556).
121
Cf. Report prepared by the General Registry of Detainees (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions
brief, tome XIII, folio 7255)
122
Cf. Ophthalmological report on Lucas Matías Mendoza prepared by the Forensic Ophthalmological
Physician, Norberto Domingo Alfano on July 13, 2007 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome
XIII, folio 7217).
123
Cf. Ophthalmological report on Lucas Matías Mendoza prepared by the Forensic Ophthalmological
Physician, Norberto Domingo Alfano on July 13, 2007 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome
XIII, folio 7218).
124
Cf. From January 15, 2008, to December 7, 2010, he was in Federal Prison Complex II of Marcos Paz;
from December 7 to 13, 2010, in the Santa Rosa Penal Colony, and on December 13, 2010, he returned to Federal
Prison Complex II of Marcos Paz, where he remained until he was granted house arrest. Report prepared by the
General Registry of Detainees (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XIII, folio 7255).
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