he told them to get me up because I could die; he brought me a glass of water; they took me away from there because someone had called the newspapers and they would be arriving; they took me to the hospital in a Ciprosi pick-up; about half an hour after being admitted to the hospital Mr. Conte Cojulun arrived to beg the doctors to save my life; after about three days of being in the hospital a man came who claimed to be police superintendent Soto […] and they came about three times, then came another three in plain clothes and brought me some juices telling me not to say anything about what had happened to me; that I should say that I had fallen from a house from which I had jumped […].”151 124. The Court also notes that, during the public hearing before the Court, A.M.V., Mr. Ruiz Fuentes’ partner, indicated that Mr. Ruiz Fuentes “was captured and put in a van; he was taken away, that was where he was tortured, very severely,”152 and that he had told her that “after they had beaten him they took him to a house, seriously injured owing to all the kicks and everything, and he was unconscious and perhaps this frightened the police and they took him to the hospital urgently.”153 Similarly, Mr. Ruiz Fuentes told his sister that, at the time of his arrest, they took him to several places and beat him; they mentioned names of people who had been kidnapped, ordering him to tell them the names of the kidnappers.154 125. The Court also considers that these statements are compatible with the injuries verified by the different medical reports and the expert opinion provided before this Court. Thus, the Court underscores, first, the medical report of December 9, 1997, indicating that Mr. Ruiz Fuentes entered Roosevelt Hospital on August 6, 1997, due to “acute abdomen.”155 Also, according to a report of December 11, 2000, prepared by the Roosevelt Hospital Surgical Department, Mr. Ruiz Fuentes was “brought by firemen with a story of having been beaten.” This report also indicated that, when admitted, Mr. Ruiz Fuentes had “numerous abdominal injuries and contusions, abdomen swollen and painful to the touch.”156 126. The Court notes that the type of injuries suffered by Mr. Ruiz Fuentes were more compatible with his version of the facts than the version of the facts given by the State. Thus, in his report of May 21, 2008, Dr. Alejandro Moreno expressly indicated that “[t]he intra-abdominal injuries suffered by Mr. Ruiz Fuentes [were] consistent with injuries caused by a blunt object as described by the medical reports and the statements of the witnesses,” and that forensic evidence existed, such as the absence of cranio-cerebral injury and fractures of the extremities, that gave credence to “the version of the facts given by Mr. Ruiz Fuentes that he was beaten repeatedly on the abdomen, rather than the description given by the police that Mr. Ruiz Fuentes fell from a height of 5 to 8 meters.”157 127. Added to this is the evidence in the case file regarding the threats made to Mr. Ruiz Fuentes by members of the police to prevent him from reporting the facts, 158 and this has also been Cf. Statement made by Mr. Ruiz Fuentes before the Eighth Trial Judge for Drug-trafficking and Environmental Crimes on April 29, 1998 (evidence file, folios 9 and 10). See also, Record of hearing C-4-98. Statement made by Hugo Humberto Ruiz Fuentes during the oral and public trial hearings before the Sixth Sentencing Court for Drug-trafficking and Environmental Crimes on April 21, 1999 (evidence file, folios 1142 and 1143), and interview of Hugo Humberto Ruiz Fuentes in the Zone 18 Detention Center by Alejandro Rodríguez, undated (evidence file, folio 521). 152 Cf. Private statement made by A.M.V. during the public hearing before the Inter-American Court on March 5, 2019. 153 Cf. Private statement made by A.M.V. during the public hearing before the Inter-American Court on March 5, 2019. 154 Cf. Affidavit made by Mr. Ruiz Fuentes’ sister on February 28, 2019 (evidence file, folio 8476). 155 Acute abdomen refers to a serious medical emergency, characterized by signs and symptoms located in the abdominal cavity. See, Medical report No. 492-484 issued by Roosevelt Hospital on December 9, 1997 (evidence file, folio 15). 156 Cf. Medical report of the Surgical Unit of Roosevelt Hospital of December 11, 2000 (evidence file, folio 21). 157 Cf. Report of Dr. Alejandro Moreno of May 21, 2008 (evidence file, folios 23 and 24). 158 Mr. Ruiz Fuentes also stated that three days after he had been admitted to the hospital, “some men” came and told him that he “should not say that [he] had been beaten, but to say that [his] injuries were the result of having fallen from an eight meter-high wall and that they would help him get out in two or three months.” Cf. Record of hearing C-4-98. Statement made by Hugo Humberto Ruiz Fuentes during the oral and public trial hearings before the Sixth Sentencing Court for Drugtrafficking and Environmental Crimes on April 21, 1999 (evidence file, folio 1143). Added to this, in a letter that Mr. Ruiz Fuentes wrote to his sister, he indicated that he was “too afraid to report the acts of torture because police superintendent Soto had come and threatened [him].” Cf. Affidavit made by Mr. Ruiz Fuentes’ sister on February 28. 2019 (evidence file, 151 31