The former answered questions about his father, P.J.P.D., while the latter was asked about his
duties as Director of Military Intelligence between 1992 and 1994. The General said he did not
recall the alias “Milton,” but other files should exist besides those of the Directorate of Military
Intelligence. Other actions aimed at collecting information about Pedro Movilla held by state
agencies are mentioned below (infra para. 165).
100. The civil party asked for an arrest warrant to be issued against P.J.P.D. and the
Prosecutor’s Office ordered that he be questioned. The questioning took place on June 27,
2019.115 P.J.P.D. said he had been a police informant, and that on the day of Mr. Movilla’s
disappearance he was drinking at a friend’s house and ran outside, frightened and firing shots
into the air after a woman appeared who said someone was going to be killed.
101. On June 20, 2019, a Judicial Police report was added to the case file, which described a
series of actions that had been taken, including a review of documentation from the Army’s
General Archive and National Police records; and a formal request for information sent to the
National Legal Medicine Institute.116
102. On November 20, 2019, the investigation was assigned to the 190th Specialized
Prosecutor’ Office, whose first action, on January 15, 2020, was to order the taking of evidence
previously requested by the representatives.117. It then instituted a series of proceedings of
investigation. These included, in addition to several measures aimed at ascertaining Mr. Movilla’s
whereabouts (infra para. 103), the following:
a) On January 21 and from February 5 to 7, 2020, inspections were carried out at the
facilities of the Central Archive of the Ministry of National Defense 118 and records were found
containing references to Mr. Movilla.119
b) On June 4, 2020, in response to a request from the civil party made in a letter dated May
28 of that year, the Prosecutor ordered, among other investigative actions, that an official
letter be sent to the National Legal Medicine Institute to ascertain whether it had a copy of
the blood alcohol test performed on P.J.P.D. on May 13, 1993; that a statement be taken
from a former National Police officer; and that efforts made to find out who, in 1993, was the
owner of the taxi whose his license plate number had been reported. 120
c) On May 20 and 21, 2021, a statement was taken from P.J.P.D.121 On January 12, 2022,
the State reported that further questioning would take place on February 3 that same year.
d) According to information presented by the State, another judicial inspection was ordered
on January 20, 2022, this time of the records of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and
Interpol. The inspection was carried out on February 8, 2022, in the presence of the civil
party.
FGN. Communication of June 19, 2019, and questioning of P.J.P.D. on June 27, 2019 (evidence file, annexes
22 and 21 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5061 and 4483 to 4491).
116
Cf. FGN, Judicial Police Report of June 20, 2019 (evidence file, Annex 22 to the pleadings and motions brief,
folios 5063 to 5067).
117
Cf. FGN, Orders of November 20, 2019, and January 15, 2020 (evidence files, Annex 23 to the pleadings and
motions brief, folios 5184 to 5199 and 5200).
118
Cf. FGN: Communication of January 21, 2020, addressed to the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense;
judicial inspection carried out on January 21, 2020; communication from Prosecutor 190 of January 28, 2020; judicial
inspection carried out on February 5, 2020; and judicial inspection carried out on February 7, 2020 (evidence file, Annex
23 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5202, 5206 to 5210, 5213, 5224 and 5231).
119
According to the representatives, during this visit a document was found that mentions that, following the arrest
of a person supposedly linked to the “PC-ML-EPL,” his place might be taken by “Milton,” or two other people. The
document, issued by the “National Army,” which the representatives stated was found during the judicial inspection, is
included in the body of evidence (evidence file, Annex 23 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5226 to 5228).
120
Cf. Brief from the civil party to the 190th Specialized Prosecutor of May 28, 2020, and the FGN, Procedural
Decision of the 190th Specialized Prosecutor of June 4, 2020 (evidence file, Annex 23 to the pleadings and motions brief,
folios 5261 to 5263 and 5264).
121
FGN, Communication of April 13, 2021 (evidence files, Annex 31 to the answering brief, folio 8616).
115
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