iii.
Police Inquiry No. 487/92210 – State Justice System
116.
According to the case on April 27, 1992, Federal Deputy Hélio Pereira Bicudo filed a brief
with the São Paulo state Public Prosecutor’s Office in which he requested a police inquiry to establish
[apurar] the culpability of Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri, known as “Capitão Ramiro”, in the death of Vladimir
Herzog during his interrogation at the DOI/CODI/SP. 211 According to that brief, the facts were documented in
the case file for the Declaratory Action that Clarice Herzog and her two sons filed, and in the interview
published on March 25, 1992, in an article that appeared in the magazine “Isto é Senhor”, under the title “Eu,
Capitão Ramiro, interroguei Herzog” [I, Captain Ramiro, interrogated Herzog]. 212 In that interview, Mira
Grancieri stated that he was the person in charge of Vladimir Herzog’s interrogation.213 Prior to that
interview, Mira Grancieri had only given testimony in the 1975 military police investigation, but had not
testified in the trial held in the Declaratory Action, as previously noted. (supra párr. 108)
117.
According to the statements that Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri made in the newspaper
report, he was “the only officer who interrogated Vladimir Herzog in the DOI/CODI, the only one to speak
with him that day. No one is more heavily and immediately involved in Herzog’s death than I am.”214 As to
the interrogation methods used, Mira Grancieri stated the following: “[O]ne of the best interrogation methods
is sleep deprivation, keeping the person under constant stress because that way his defenses break down (…).
All modesty aside, I’m very good at that. I’ve written notes on interrogation techniques that were distributed
among my colleagues. (…) We only used physical aggression with terrorists, because one doesn’t get anything
from anyone without exerting pressure.”215
118.
On May 4, 1992, the São Paulo State Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the São Paulo Civil
Police to launch an inquiry to determine Mira Grancieri’s culpability in and the circumstances of Vladimir
Herzog’s death.216 According to the case file, during the police inquiry instituted by the São Paulo State Civil
Police, statements were taken from Clarice Herzog, 217 from journalists George Benigno Jatahy Duque
Estrada,218 Rodolfo Osvaldo Konder,219 Anthony Jorge Andrade de Christo,220 Luis Fernando Passo Correia de
Sá,221 Luiz Weis,222 Antonio Carlos Prado Ribeiro,223 Paulo Sergio Markun,224 and witnesses Maria Amélia de
210
fls. 968.
Registrado en la Sala Penal con el No. 704/92. Cf. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2, Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5,
211 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2, Justiça Federal – São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 974, Representação de Hélio Bicudo, del 27 de
abril de 1992; Revista “Isto é Senhor”, reportaje “Eu, Capitão Ramiro, interroguei Herzog”, edición del 25 de marzo de 1992.
212 Revista “Isto é Senhor”, reportaje “Eu, Capitão Ramiro, interroguei Herzog”, edición del 25 de marzo de 1992.
213 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2, Justiça Federal – São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 974/982, Representação de Hélio Bicudo, del
27 de abril de 1992; Revista “Isto é Senhor”, reportaje “Eu, Capitão Ramiro, interroguei Herzog”, edición del 25 de marzo de 1992.
214 Texto original: “[o] único policial que interrogou [V]ladimir Herzog no DOI-Codi, o único a conversar com ele naquele dia.
Ninguém está mais forte e diretamente envolvido na morte de Herzog do que eu”. Revista “Isto é Senhor”, reportaje “Eu, Capitão Ramiro,
interroguei Herzog”, edición del 25 de marzo de 1992.
215 Texto original: “[U]m dos melhores métodos de interrogatório é não deixar a pessoa dormir, estressa-la o tempo todo,
porque assim ela perde a defesa (…). Modéstia a parte, eu sou muito bom nisso. Já escrevi apostilas sobre técnicas de interrogatório que
foram distribuídas entre meus colegas. (...) A gente só partia para os conformes com os terroristas, porque também sem pressão não se
tira nada de ninguém”. Revista “Isto é Senhor”, reportaje “Eu, Capitão Ramiro, interroguei Herzog”, edición del 25 de marzo de 1992.
216 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2, Justiça Federal – São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 1150/1153, Requisição do Ministério Publico
para abertura de Inquérito Policial, del 4 de mayo de 1992.
217 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 874/875– Declaración de Clarice Herzog en el
Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 28 de mayo de 1992.
218 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 891– Declaración de George Benigno Jatahy
Duque Estrada en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 3 de junio de 1992.
219 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 889 – Declaración de Rodolfo Osvaldo Konder
en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 3 de junio de 1992.
220 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 918– Declaración de Anthony Jorge Andrade de
Christo en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 3 de junio de 1992.
221 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 901– Declaración de Luis Fernando Passo
Correia de Sá en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 9 de junio de 1992.
222 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 916– Declaración de Luiz Weis en el Inquérito
Policial No 704/92, del 3 de junio de 1992.
223 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 898– Declaración de Antonio Carlos Prado
Ribeiro en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 9 de junio de 1992.
224 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 921, Declaración de Paulo Sergio Markun en el
Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 30 de junio de 1992.
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