Marine Corps facility,7 where he was again blindfolded and interrogated, after which, at 1:00 a.m. on May 22, he was taken to the 11th Metropolitan Police Precinct. He added that on May 23, he was brought before a commissioner who told him that he had done everything to save his wife, who is also a non-commissioned officer, and asked him to implicate a commissioner in order to "free" his wife. 8 23. As for the above-described facts, there are several judicial testimonies, including that of Mr. López, that are specifically concerned with what happened at the 11th Metropolitan Police Precinct on May 19, 2000. Also, some testimonies referred to the subsequent transfer of Mr. López and others to the Special Forces Headquarters that same day, as well as subsequent events. The following testimonies are available in that regard: a) Judicial statement by Mr. López:9 - - - Mr. López said that on Friday, May 19, 2000, he was at the Ecological and Rural Protection Group when he was called by his supervisor, who ordered him to report to the 11th Police Precinct, where he was taken by a policeman. He said that when he arrived at the police precinct he saw another detained officer lying face down, handcuffed and blindfolded. He added that his hands were tied with a strip of mattress cover, disarmed, blindfolded with paper and packing tape, and his uniform was torn. He also said that he was made to lie down on the floor, after which they began to question him about the previous day's coup d’état, and for every question that he did not know the answer to, they struck the soles of his feet with a broom handle, all of which went on for several hours. Later, he was moved to a room with another detainee (Emilio López), and as time went on more detainees were brought in the same condition, showing pain on the soles of their feet and signs of having been beaten. Mr. López added that he and others were transferred to the Special Forces Headquarters, and held in the “cuadrilátero," a place of police confinement. There, he said that he recommended to a fellow detainee that they put their feet in "salt water and that was our initial medication and the only one we had access to during the time that we were there.” He said that the next day he was again transferred to the 11th Metropolitan Police Precinct, where he was handcuffed with his hands behind him in the holding cells for common detainees, in a 2x3 cell without mattresses. He indicated that on Sunday morning he was ordered to kneel with his eyes on the wall "because the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Walter Bower, was coming and he was supposed to find me suffering physical duress.” He said that after his arrest he was able to see his wife for 10 minutes, adding that he was kept handcuffed with his hands behind his back until Sunday, and that that same day, at around 8:00 p.m., he was transferred to the Marine Corps facility, where Commissioner Cáceres was being held; there, he was again blindfolded (in this regard he said that on the two occasions he was blindfolded in this way he had some visibility and was able to identify the people present) and made to lie face down while he was interrogated and could hear the mistreatment of another policeman (Cáceres). He says that he was asked if Cáceres had paid him, and that he answered yes "because of the pressure I felt at the time," after which he was taken back to the 11th Police Precinct. He said that to prevent him from seeing who was entering, an agent grabbed him by the hair, twisted his face around, and stepped on his head. He said that he was later transferred to the Special Forces Headquarters, where he was kept with his hands in handcuffs behind his back and held in a place that appeared to be intended for officers. He said that he was asked to implicate another police officer. He said "approximately 15 days passed before [he] was visited by Judge Paredes and a medical examiner.” He said that he told them that he had been tortured, so he was transferred to the "cuadrilátero" for three days as a punishment. He said that he was offered money to withdraw his complaint. He said that he lodged an initial verbal complaint with three prosecutors and a medical examiner "more than a month after the alleged coup," in which he identified each of the accused. Finally, he 7 According to the page of the Marine Corps log book for May 21, 2000, the entry of Mr. Lopez, six police agents, Minister Bower and security personnel was recorded at 9:40 p.m., and their departure at 1:30 a.m. Annex 3, Judgment S.D. No. 01 of December 30, 2019, Collegiate Sentencing Court of the Capital Judicial District, State’s brief of November 13, 2020, p. 404. 8 Annex 4, Inquiry statement by Jorge López of June 7, 2000, Petitioners’ brief of January 11, 2011. 9 Annex 3, Judgment S.D. No. 01 of December 30, 2019, Collegiate Sentencing Court of the Capital Judicial District, State’s brief of November 13, 2020, pp. 164 to 184. 5