27 arrested and kept incommunicado in the same way as Rafael Salgado Castilla who, according to the 111 CVR’s conclusions, died from the intense torture inflicted on him by DIVISE agents. Rafael Salgado Castilla’s autopsy report identifies his cause of death as the following: Injuries to the head, with many bruises and some recent abrasions to the face, together with an extensive subarachnoid hemorrhage with cerebral bruising, which was the cause of death. In addition, on the limbs, signs of abrasions suggesting that his hands were bound. The body also shows signs of having been asphyxiated… 112 129. Since Gladys Carol Espinoza was in the custody of police officers who, according to the CVR, tortured and killed Rafael Salgado Castilla, the IACHR believes that this reinforces the credibility of the victim’s statements regarding the facts that took place at the DIVISE’s facilities. (c) Medical examinations performed by the National Police and by the Legal Medicine Institute 130. During the processing of this case, the parties submitted copies of four reports and medical certificates produced by professionals from the National Police and from the Legal Medicine Institute arising from examinations of Gladys Carol Espinoza performed between April 18 and May 18, 1993.113 The following paragraphs set out the injuries recorded in each of these documents, ordered by the dates on which they were issued: – Medical examination of April 18, 1993: Pink bruise, 8x7 cm, on right wrist. Pink bruise, 6x2 cm, on back of right hand. Pink bruise, 2x1.5 cm, on rear of left forearm. Six (6) bruises, 1x0.6 cm each, all on outside rear of left arm. Hematoma on scalp, 8x6 cm, located in right parietal region. […] b. Old injuries None. 114 […] signs of recent bruising on head and arms. – Medical examination of April 19, 1993: Sutured contusion, 1 cm, in right parietal region. Multiple bruises, in remission, at middle 1/3 right arm, lower 2/3 right forearm, middle 1/3 left forearm, front of both legs. Bruise to left eye, both lids; upper lip; rear of both buttocks. 111 Final Report of the CVR, 2003, Vol. VII, 2.72 The Torture and Murder of Rafael Salgado Castilla, p. 842, available at: www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/index.php. 112 Final Report of the CVR, 2003, Vol. VII, 2.72 The Torture and Murder of Rafael Salgado Castilla, pp. 840 and 841, citing: extracts from Autopsy Report No. 1597-93 of April 18, 1993, issued by the Legal Medicine Institute. Available at www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/index.php. 113 Annex 19 (a): Expert Medical Examiners Report No. 4775/93, examination date April 18, 1993, signed by Col. Julio O. Ladines Castello and Maj. Julio G. Schaffer Sánchez, doctors of the Peruvian National Police, on April 22, 1993. (b) Medical Certificate No. 16111-L, examination date April 19, 1993, issued by the Legal Medicine Institute on April 20, 1993. (c) Document No. 235-SE.HC.PNP.604000.93, describing an examination of April 21, 1993, signed by Col. Luis Pelaez Astete, Head of the Emergency Service at the Peruvian National Police Hospital; (d) Medical Certificate No. 1816-H, issued by the Legal Medicine Institute on May 18, 1993; documents enclosed with the State’s communication of December 5, 2006, and received by the IACHR on December 6 of that year. 114 Annex 19 (a): Expert Medical Examiners Report No. 4775/93, examination date April 18, 1993, signed by Col. Julio O. Ladines Castello and Maj. Julio G. Schaffer Sánchez, doctors of the Peruvian National Police, on April 22, 1993.