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(cfr. Interview with Eugenio Ruano contained in police report of February 15, 1988, signed by the
Acting Chief of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the
National Police).
d.
The report of the National Police of Guatemala C.A. of June 6, 1988,
stated that Ms. Felipa Aguirre-González de Celada testified, through affidavit of
April 29, 1988, that "individuals in a white Ford van abducted Ana Elizabeth
Paniagua-Morales."
(cfr. Police report, official communication No. 3214 Ref. BIEN. FOA/rr, of June 6, 1988, signed by
Felicito Olíva-Arias, Chief of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police,
p. 5).
e.
The police report of February 12, 1988, list the examination of a
woman’s body found at kilometer 1 and 1/2 at the entrance of the highway
leading to the Municipality of Palencia. The report describes the cause of death
as stab wounds to the left side of the neck and right cheek, possibly inflicted
with a bladed weapon.
(cfr. Police report of February 12, 1988, signed by investigator Julián (illegible) López of the Section
on Crimes Against the National Heritage of the National Police).
f.
The results of the autopsy on Ms. Paniagua-Morales’s corpse include:
LESIONS: wound produced by a sharp, pointed weapon 18 cm long by 7 cm wide
inflicted on the front and left side of the neck, affecting the skin, subcutaneous
tissue, muscles, trachea, outer carotid artery and jugular vein on the left side […]
CONCLUSIONS: a)- Hypovolemic shock; b)- penetrating neck wound made by a
sharp, pointed weapon; c)- perforation of the trachea; d)- perforation of the veins
on the left side of the neck. CAUSE OF DEATH: hypovolemic shock; penetrating
neck wound made by a sharp, pointed weapon.
(cfr. Official communication No. A-567.B-70/95 of the Forensic Department of the Judiciary of the
Republic of Guatemala, C.A., dated December 22, 1995, and signed by Dr. Alonso René-Portillo).
g.
Expert Robert C. Bux referred to the documents relating to the death of
Ms. Paniagua-Morales in the report he delivered before the Inter-American
Court (infra, para. 67 (l) (3)).
4.
Concerning William Otilio González-Rivera and Pablo CoradoBarrientos:
a.
Mr. Gilberto González-Saquij, an travelling vendor who witnessed the
arrest of Mr. González and Mr. Corado, testified on two occasions: the first on
March 22, 1988, to investigators José Eduardo Cabrera and Carlos René JuárezHernández, and the second on May 25, 1988 to investigator José Eduardo
Cabrera.
In the first statement Mr. González-Saquij said that he had known Mr. "William
Otilio" and Mr. Pablo Corado for three months; that on the day they
disappeared he had seen them at 6.00 p.m. talking to an "unknown man armed
with a pistol and cartridges;" that "he heard the armed man persuading them
to go for a walk, and they went away." He said that the man and others with
him appeared to be soldiers and often visited the banana stalls; that he had not
seen them since the two victims’ disappearance and "he had heard that those
[unknown persons] were from the G-2." He further testified that a coal vendor
there, known as "Tanish", packed up his stall when he realized that those
persons were there and went away; that "Tanish" was a friend of the deceased,