- said that in June-July (no year indicated) he was acquitted and rejoined the police force, without recovering the 4 years of service he had accumulated. He said that during his statement he was assisted by the lawyer of Commissioner Cáceres because he could not afford a lawyer. He said that after the events "I became more violent in how I expressed myself at home; I raised my voice, I shouted at my children, and I eventually paid for that with a divorce." He said, "I was in treatment at the police hospital about two years ago. I spent almost 6 months in treatment with a psychologist (...) at the police hospital." He ended the treatment for reasons of distance and because he felt better. b) Regarding the transfer of Mr. López to the 11th Metropolitan Police Precinct - Víctor Cáceres Samudio (police officer at the time):10 He said that on the morning of May 19, his supervisor at the Ecological Group called him and told him to “take Jorge López to Commissioner Pavón.” He said that he asked Mr. Lopez to turn over his sidearm and that he drove him in a police vehicle. He said that "he did not know how he had been involved and was afraid; he did not know what he had done.” He indicated that, upon arriving at the 11th Precinct, Mr. López was put in “a room that served as an improvised cell." He said that he did not remember the bandage or the handcuffs. He said he saw the final part of Lopez's interrogation and that he was standing. He explained: "I received an order from my supervisor to transfer [him]; he told me it was the commander's order – no paper, no note; to take him personally. That was what happened." c) Regarding the events at the 11th Metropolitan Police Precinct and the Ecological Group: - - - Juan Escurra Monzón (head of operations at the 11th Precinct at the time): 11 He indicated Mr. Lopez and other people were taken "to be subjected to torture; they were blindfolded, tied up and questioned about what was being done with them (...) they were beaten on the soles of their feet, there were several who arrived little by little, all the personnel who arrived were subjected to this.” He mentions those he saw admitted on Friday, May 19. He said that they were handcuffed with their hands behind them. In particular, he detailed that Mr. López "was put on the floor face down, and beaten on his feet," and named the agents who were present. He added that he too was placed under arrest the next day but was not beaten. Prospero Arevalos López (police intelligence agent at the time):12 He said that he was taken as a detainee to the 11th Metropolitan Police Precinct, where he was tortured. He said that he saw Mr. Lopez lying face down, blindfolded. Higinio Pérez Benítez (policeman at the time):13 He said that he was detained with Mr. López, who told him that he and others had been tortured. Víctor Cogliolo González (policeman at the time):14 He said that he was detained at the Special Forces Headquarters and that he saw Mr. López in "a dreadful state with marks of blows to the neck, back and soles of his feet. He told me that he was tortured at the 11th to pressure him into saying that he had been involved in the failed coup. He even told me that he had been threatened that if he resisted that his wife would pay the consequences, and he also mentioned that his wife was a member of the police and was pregnant. Emilio López (police intelligence agent at the time):15 He said that on May 19 he was taken under arrest to the 11th Police Precinct, handcuffed with his hands behind his back, blindfolded, and threatened by the same agents that Mr. López identified as having allegedly tortured him. He said 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. 248. 11 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. 184 to 188. 12 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. 192. 13 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. 194. 14 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. 201. 15 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. 209. 10 6