organization by means of FABIAN RAMIREZ GRIJALVA; he has a full time dedication to the socalled revolution work and as such, he has participated in many responsibility actions, complying with a full time schedule of subversive activities within the organization.37 69. The alleged victim sustained that he was tortured while in detention and said that “the location where I was tortured was in the SIC-P premises, but hidden.”38 freed.39 70. On September 7, 1990 the judge in his case dismissed all charges and the alleged victim was 3. About the events that surrounded César Gustavo Garzón Guzmán’s disappearance 71. According to witness statements made available, César Gustavo Garzón Guzmán went to El Conejo Publishing House in the afternoon of November 9, 1990 to pick up a check. Likewise, other witness statements indicate that the same night, Mr. Garzón Guzmán was at the discotheque “Son Candela,” where he was last seen. 72. About his presence at El Conejo Publishing House, Luis Lascano and Rodrigo Guzmán, brother in law and brother of the alleged victim, respectively, stated before the Police that on November 9, 1990 at lunch time, the alleged victim told them that he had to urgently go to the Publishing house to pick up a check for a literary piece he has written and that, later, he was attending a friend’s birthday celebration. They stated that he left approximately at 3:00 pm dressed with striped gray pants, a white shirt with red and blue dots, black jacket, and black shoes. They have not heard anything from him since then.40 On the other hand, Mario Toscano, accountant at El Conejo Publishing House, confirmed that Mr. Garzón Guzmán went there that afternoon to pick up a check.41 73. Juan Carlos Valenzuela, disc-jockey and co-owner of the discotheque “Son Candela”, stated that when he saw the news about the disappearance of CÉSAR GUSTAVO GARZÓN GUZMÁN, and saw his picture, he remembered he had seen him on the night of November 9 of the previous year, together with Messrs. Moreno and Vásconez, but that he did not know anything else about the matter and he did not see when or with whom he left the place.42 Patricia Villacis, another co-owner of the discotheque “Son Candela”, stated that the day of the events she saw the alleged victim arrive at the discotheque with other people, and that “she served them a small bottle of rum. FRANCISCO MORENO AND LILIANA VASCONEZ left the table and thirty minutes later, around 01:00 am the alleged victim left. She said that she opened the door for him to leave and immediately closed it again and went to help other clients at the bar.”43 37 Annex 3. Report No. 4911-SICP, October 10, 1989. Annex to the State’s observations of April 29, 1996. Annex 4. Questionnaire on Torture and Ill-Treatment filled by César Gustavo Garzón Guzmán. Annex to the initial petition of November 8, 1994. 38 39 Annex 2. Document No. 924-CRSVQ No. 2 from the Director of the Quito’s Center for the Social Rehabilitation of Men No. 2 to Mr. Coronel Aníbal de La Torre Romero (Chief of the O.I.D. of Pichincha) on July 12, 1994. Annex to the communication sent by the Ambassador-Permanent Representative of Ecuador on April 29, 1996. 40 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP signed by investigation officers Edmundo Mera and Romel Castro, directed by the Head of Criminal Investigation of the Province of Pichincha, of January 08, 1991. Interview of Luis Lascano and Rodrigo Guzmán. Annex 4 to the State’s observations of February2, 2016. 41 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP signed by investigation officers Edmundo Mera and Romel Castro, directed by the Head of Criminal Investigation of the Province of Pichincha, of January 08, 1991. Interview of Mario Toscano. Annex 4 to the State’s observations of February2, 2016. 42 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP signed by investigation officers Edmundo Mera and Romel Castro, directed by the Head of Criminal Investigation of the Province of Pichincha, of January 08, 1991. Interview of Juan Carlos Valenzuela. Annex 4 to the State’s observations of February2, 2016. 43 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP signed by investigation officers Edmundo Mera and Romel Castro, directed by the Head of Criminal Investigation of the Province of Pichincha, of January 08, 1991. Interview of Patricia Villacis. Annex 4 to the State’s observations of February2, 2016. 10