61. When analyzing the Diario Militar, the Guatemalan Peace Secretariat and the National Security Archive determined that the document uses codes to describe the acts and also the fate of some of the individuals it mentions. For example, it has been interpreted that the code “300,” “s/he went with Pancho,” “Pancho took him/her” and “s/he went (+)” placed at the end of the entry for a person meant that the person was executed or died. According to these codes, it can be seen that most people were executed and that, at times, groups of people were executed on the same day. Furthermore, it has also been interpreted that codes such as “free for contacts” or “regained his/her freedom” indicated that the individuals had been released in order to obtain information on “other members of guerrilla organizations.” In addition, certain annotations in the Diario Militar have been interpreted to mean that the individuals were transferred to military units other than those where they were initially detained. The final whereabouts of most of the people recorded in the document and/or their remains are unknown. 60 62. According to the studies that have been made of the Diario Militar, several experts have indicated that, within the Army, the presidential intelligence service was the entity possibly responsible for the Diario Militar.61 Nevertheless, the State has not contested the authenticity of the Diario Militar before this Court, and the document has been verified by corroborating the facts recorded in it with other documents of State agencies and nongovernmental organizations from that era.62 B.2) The Historical Archive of the National Police 63. In July 2005, employees of the Ombudsman’s Office (hereinafter “the PDH”) discovered by accident in former offices of the National Police in Guatemala City, videos, photos and about 80 million folios, among other objects, recording the actions of the National Police for over 100 years, from 1882 to 1997. 63 This wealth of information has been called the Historical Archive of the National Police (hereinafter also “the Police Historical Archive”). 64. The Historical Archive of the National Police contains “military and police plans for counterinsurgency operations, orders from the General Directorate, records of the political 60 Cf. Peace Secretariat, supra, pp. 43-45 and 64-65, and Katharine Doyle, The National Security Archive, Diario Militar: La confirmación de la desaparición forzada como práctica sistemática de los órganos de inteligencia durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala (1983-1985), 2005, pp. 6 a 8 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 10, folios 211 a 213). The National Security Archive decoded the meaning of “300” by comparing it with declassified North American intelligence documents and reports of non-governmental human rights organizations relating to the same events. Cf. Katharine Doyle, The National Security Archive, Diario Militar: La confirmación de la desaparición forzada como práctica sistemática de los órganos de inteligencia durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala (1983-1985), 2005, pp. 8 and 10 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 10, folios 213 and 215). 61 Cf. Affidavit made by expert witness Alejandro Valencia Villa, supra, folio 13299, and Katharine Doyle, The National Security Archive, Diario Militar: La confirmación de la desaparición forzada como práctica sistemática de los órganos de inteligencia durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala (1983-1985), 2005, p. 3 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 10, folio 208). 62 The Executive Branch of Guatemala published a report entitled “La autenticidad del Diario Militar a la luz de los documentos históricos of the National Police” in which the authenticity of the Diario Militar is acknowledged. Cf. Peace Secretariat, supra, pp. 35-36. See also, Katharine Doyle, The National Security Archive, Diario Militar: La confirmación de la desaparición forzada como práctica sistemática de los órganos de inteligencia durante el conflicto armado interno en Guatemala (1983-1985), 2005, p. 3 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 10, folio 208), and Testimony given by witness Marco Tulio Álvarez Bobadilla, supra, folio 13619. Also, during the proceedings before the inter-American system in this case, the State has acknowledged the authenticity of the Diario Militar. 63 Cf. PDH, El Derecho a Saber, supra, p. IX, and expert opinion provided by Katharine Doyle before the Inter-American Court at the public hearing in this case. - 24 -