102. In said document, there is record that the Police carried out a verification in the Bank of Guayaquil in relation to the check that the alleged victim would have received and cashed on the day of his disappearance, as recorded on the obverse, said check would have been cashed on November 12, 1990, that is, at a time after his disappearance. The police added, that they received the response that checks cashed by the “deferred system” are sealed with the date of the following day and, in this case, the check was cashed on Friday and, therefore, it carried the date of Monday November 12, 1990. 103. It further states, that hospitals, clinics, assistance homes, morgues, detainment centers, among others, were visited to obtain indications of the disappearance of the alleged victim; and that verifications were carried out through the migration dependencies “in case Mr. CÉSAR GUSTAVO GARZON GUZMAN could have left the country for any reason, but the results of these proceedings were negative because there is not any recorded movement of said person.”78 104. In the police report, it is indicated that the police will continue “with the corresponding investigations with the objective to locate Mr. CÉSAR GUSTAVO GARZÓN GUZMÁN, who is missing since the early morning hours of November 10, 1990.”79 2. Police Investigation: second information report 105. On July 30, 1991 the Second Lieutenant of the Police issued a new information report explaining that they had visited the location of “Son Candela”, health centers, morgue, prisons and the migration offices, both in Quito and Guayaquil, with the objective of obtaining new information, but obtained negative results. Also, he indicated that a telegram was sent to the Chiefs of different dependencies of the National Police in all the Republic, in the month of May of the present year, without obtaining a positive response. 80 He concluded that they will continue with the respective investigations with the objective of locating the alleged victim.81 3. Police Investigation: third information report 106. On August 22, 1994 the Second Lieutenant of the Police issued a new information report informing about the status of the investigations undertaken in relation to the disappearance of the alleged victim. In said writing, the Second Lieutenant of the Police referred to the facts of the disappearance of the alleged victim in the following terms: 1. That when carrying out a detailed analysis of the content of Report No. 4911-SICP, dated August 10, 1989, we find that through the versions (sic) of CÉSAR GARZON, other active members of the subversive movement or group “Montoneras Patria Libre” were apprehended, and in light that the citizen GARZON GUZMAN, three months after having obtained his freedom, disappears without leaving any trace, it is presumed that unidentified subjects belonging to the same subversive group are related with the disappearance, without having to-date obtained any information about his whereabouts.82 78 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP issued by the investigating officers to the Provincial Chief of Criminal Investigation of Pichincha, January 8, 1991. Annex 4 of the merits brief of the State, February 2, 2016. 79 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP issued by the investigating officers to the Provincial Chief of Criminal Investigation of Pichincha, January 8, 1991. Annex 4 of the merits brief of the State, February 2, 2016. 80 Annex 23. Information Report No. 1972-SICP signed by Second Lieutenant of the Police, Fausto Olivo – SCIP and sent to the Provincial Chief of Criminal Investigation of Pichincha on July 30, 1991. Annex to the communication sent by the Ambassador – Permanent Representative of Ecuador on July 2, 1996. 81 Annex 23. Information Report No. 1972-SICP signed by Second Lieutenant of the Police, Fausto Olivo – SCIP and sent to the Provincial Chief of Criminal Investigation of Pichincha on July 30, 1991. Annex to the communication sent by the Ambassador – Permanent Representative of Ecuador on July 2, 1996. 82 Annex 24. Information Report No. 1526-OIDP dated August 22, 1994, signed by Mr. Second Lieutenant of the Police Diego Erazo G. and sent to the Chief of the office of criminal investigation of Pichincha. Annex to the observations brief of the State of April 29, 1996. 16

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