April 8, 2013, ordering that the investigation continue.156 Prior to notification of this decision, the
Service for the Prevention of Torture (hereinafter also “SEPRET”) had filed an objection to the
rejection of the complaint in a brief of September 16, 2019.157
105. In the context of the continuation of the investigation, requests were sent to the Forensic
Investigations Institute (hereinafter also “IDIF”) to forward assessments made of the alleged
victims in this case in December 2001 and January 2002;158 to the National Director of the Prison
Regime for information on the actual situation of the alleged victims;159 to the General Personal
Identification Service to provide notarized copies of the criminal record and Kardex index card of
the alleged victims;160 to the Civil Registry Service to advise the last domicile of the alleged
victims.161 The General Personal Identification Service sent the requested photocopies on
December 6, 2019,162 and the Civil Registry forwarded the information requested on December
9, 2019.163
106. On December 20, 2019, the SEPRET again intervened in the investigation process and
proposed that several measures be taken.164 The Ministry of the Interior forwarded the
information on the incarceration of the alleged victims on January 9, 2020.165 On January 23,
2020, Víctor Manuel Boggiano made a statement in the context of the investigations into the
complaint of ill-treatment and torture.166
107. In a brief of February 2, 2020, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation asked the
Seventh Criminal Investigation Judge to expand the investigation to include nine persons for the
alleged perpetration of the crime of ill-treatment and torture.167 In a request of February 11, 2020,
the Commander General of the Bolivian Police was asked to provide information on the nine
156
Cf. Resolution FDLP/ARVM No. 1455/2019 issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office on September 12, 2019
(evidence file, folios 13172 to 13178).
157
Cf. Official communication SEPRET/DGE/502/2019/UTO/AP/33/2019 issued by the Service for the Prevention
of Torture on September 16, 2019 (evidence file, folios 13187 to 13190).
158
Cf. Request of the special prosecutor for crimes against life to the Director of the Forensic Investigations
Institute of December 5, 2019 (evidence file, folios 13196 and 13197).
159
Cf. Request of the special prosecutor for crimes against life to the National Director of the Prison Regime of
December 5, 2019 (evidence file, folios 13198 and 13199).
160
Cf. Request of the special prosecutor for crimes against life to the General Personal Identification Service of
December 5, 2019 (evidence file, folios 13200 and 13201).
161
Cf. Request of the special prosecutor for crimes against life to the Civil Registry Service of December 5, 2019
(evidence file, folios 13202 and 13203).
162
Cf. Report No. SEGIP-DDLP/Al/CERTIFICACION/ NO. 335472019 of the Departmental Directorate of La Paz of
December 6, 2019 (evidence file, folios 13217 to 13239).
163
Cf. Certification SERECI-LPZ-CERT-No 222248-2-51607/2019 issued by the Civil Registry Service of La Paz on
December 9, 2019 (evidence file, folios 13204 to 13206).
164
Cf. Official communication SEPRET/DGE/744/2019/UTO/AP/539/2019 issued by the SEPRET on December 20,
2019 (evidence file, folios 13240 to 13244).
Cf. Official communication MG/DGRP No. 0082/STRIA-0030/2020 of the Ministry of the Interior of January 9,
2020 (evidence file, folios 13250 to 13282).
165
166
Cf. Record of statement by Víctor Manuel Boggiano Bruzzón of January 23, 2020 (evidence file, folio 13292).
167
Cf. Official communication requesting expansion of the investigation sent by the special prosecutor for crimes
against life to the Seventh Criminal Investigation Judge of La Paz of February 2, 2020 (evidence file, folio 13301).
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