35 in Guatemala. He was aware that there corrupt were judges and judged whom had been threatened. l. Report by Robert C. Bux, forensic pathologist, on the autopsies 1. Concerning Julián Salomón Gómez-Ayala: The witness reviewed the reports of the police investigation and the autopsy, which indicated that Mr. Gómez-Ayala was abducted on June 2, 1987, and a photograph of the murder victim. The forensic report shows that death was produced by asphyxia by hanging; the victim had a penetrating wound on the neck produced by a sharp pointed object; a contusion on the nose with ecchymosis; grazes on the left knee, an indentation on both wrists from having been bound, and a cross-shaped wound on the thorax. All the wounds had been inflicted before death, as attested to by the swellings and grazes on the body. The witness deemed the wounds to show that the victim had been tortured. 2. Concerning Augusto Angárita-Ramírez: The witness reviewed the forensic medical examiner’s report of December 30, 1987. It stated that Mr. Angárita had wounds, grazes and bruises. In his opinion, the wounds showed that the victim had been tortured. 3. Concerning Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales: The witness reviewed an autopsy report, a photograph and a police report. The forensic report gave the cause of Ms. Paniagua-Morales’ death as a penetrating stab wound to the neck, which penetrated the carotid artery and the jugular vein. The victim had cuts on her neck and cheeck, her throat had been slit. These wounds, inflicted before death, were indicative of torture. A study of the documents did not reveal that Ms. Paniagua had been raped, nor that she had been burned with an open flame or with cigarettes. If the victim had been pregnant, it should have been stated in the autopsy protocol. There were discrepancies between the medical examiner’s report and the police statements. 4. Concerning William Otilio González-Rivera: The witness reviewed some documents concerning the murder of Mr. GonzálezRivera: an autopsy report and a photograph. The forensic report showed two wounds in the lungs, heart and liver as the cause of death. He deemed the documents to be inconsistent and the injuries mentioned in them to constitute forms of torture. 5. Concerning Pablo Corado-Barrientos: The witness reviewed the autopsy report and a photograph taken at the morgue. The forensic report states the cause of Mr. Corado’s death as a stab wound on the chest inflicted with a bladed weapon; hypothermic shock and a lateral haemothorax and haemoperitonitis. The victim had suffered those injuries before his death. The witness believed that the injuries recorded in the documents indicated torture. 6. Concerning Manuel de Jesús González-López: