76. Following the complaint, in 1984, the National Police interviewed Mr. Sosa Calderón’s sister and, in 1985, the court hearing the case placed on record that no one had been accused or arrested, and it had no information on the whereabouts of Mr. Sosa Calderón. The CEH included the case of Mr. Sosa Calderón in the section on cases “presented” of its final report, indicating that, based on a “simple presumption,” he had been captured by presumed members of the security force and forcibly disappeared. 3. Oscar Eduardo Barillas Barrientos78 77. Oscar Eduardo Barillas Barrientos was 35 years old, the second of three children, and lived in Guatemala City, where he was a primary school teacher. He had been an architecture student at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and he worked in the Department for the Conservation of Monuments and Sites. In addition, he made documentaries on different topics including the struggle of the social movements. He was linked to the Patriotic Youth and the Military Committee of the Guatemalan Labor Party (hereinafter “PGT”), where he was responsible for the newspaper “Claridad.” The Diario Militar records Oscar Eduardo Barillas as follows: 30. OSCAR EDUARDO BARRILLAS BARRIENTOS (alias) TONO. Member of the PGT. PC. 21-12-83: Captured in Zone 2 at 14:00 hrs. Responsible for the printing of the newspaper, “CLARIDAD.” 21-01-84: 300. Handed over the house where he had the printing material and microfilm located on 15th Street 15-20, Zone 1. 78. On December 21, 1983, Oscar Eduardo Barillas Barrientos left his home heading to the Sports Arena, but never reached his destination. His family began the search on December 22 in hospitals and in the offices of the National Police, where days later they reported his disappearance, as well as before the courts of justice. After the disappearance, the family feared for their lives. However, they became members of the organization Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (hereinafter also “GAM”) 79. On July 16, 1984, a first instance judge appeared before the Second Corps of the National Police to execute a writ of habeas corpus and the result was negative. On September 25, 1984, the Technical Investigations Department of the National Police (hereinafter “DIT”) recorded in its log that “to date, it has not been possible to resolve [the case], noting that he has […] not been arrested […] or found […] in any medical center,” and that it would continue the investigation. On August 9, 1985, the Supreme Court of Justice issued a writ of habeas corpus for Mr. Barillas Barrientos and ordered that information be requested from the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior and the 78 The evidence regarding this victim is found in: Diario Militar (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 11, folio 364); copy of birth certificate of Oscar Eduardo Barillas Barrientos (file of annexes presented by the State on October 17, 2008, tome II, folio 6680); affidavit made by Bertha Fely Barrientos de Barillas, Juan Francisco Barillas Barrientos and Edgar Leonel Barillas Barrientos on November 22, 2004 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 30, folios 568 to 570); testimony of Juan Francisco Barillas Barrientos filmed and authenticated on March 25, 2008 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 31, folio 573); Note No. 03679 of July 9, 1986, addressed to the First Vice Minister of the Interior (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 32, folio 579); Note No. 4154 of July 18, 1986, from the Ministry of the Interior to Berta Barrientos de Barillas (file of annexes presented by the State on October 17, 2008, tome II, folio 6679); complaint filed by Juan Francisco Barillas Barrientos before the PDH on May 27, 2004, and Decision REF-EXP-ORG-GUA-453-2004/DI of May 27, 2004 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I, annex 33, folios 582 to 584 and 585); AHPN, Log for July 16, 1984, GT PN 51-01 S004, No. 4231 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI, annex D8, folio 11478); AHPN, Ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of August 9, 1985, and Note No. 19795 of the DIT to the Supreme Court of Justice of August 11, 1985, GT PN 50 S005, Nos. 13401 and 13402 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI, annex D26, folios 11749, 11753, 11764 and 11765); AHPN, Note on the complaint filed on December 29, 1983, GT PN 50-08 S001, 13190 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI, annex D27, folio 11846), and Decision No. 0080-SISI-84-o1n of the DIT of September 25, 1984 (file of annexes presented by the State with briefs of March 20, 2008, and October 10, 2008, annex B, folio 5242). - 28 -