Criminal Cassation Chamber of October 21, 1999.101 Subsequently, on October 28, 1999,
the complainant filed motion for reconsideration of dismissal of appeal,102 which was
dismissed by the National Chamber of Criminal Cassation in a resolution of December 9,
1999.103 On February 3, 2000, the complainants filed an extraordinary appeal,104 which was
found inadmissible on March 7, 2000 by the National Chamber of Criminal Cassation.105
Finally, on March 23, 2000, the complainant filed a motion for reconsideration of dismissal
of appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation,106 which was dismissed by a
resolution dated December 18, 2001.107
65. The case was reopened again by an order dated March 14, of 2019.108 On March 18,
2019, it was sent to National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office No. 10 for further
investigation. On March 22, 2019, the prosecutor in charge to refer the case to the Office of
the Attorney General on Institutional Violence (PROCUVIN). In the framework of the
investigation, PROCUVIN contacted several witnesses,109 requested evidence, and issued a
number of subpoenas.110 On October 29, 2019, PROCUVIN reported that the case was under
evaluation in order to determine how to proceed.111 Following the public oral hearing of this
case before this Court, PROCUVIN requested copies of the statements before notary public
presented by the representatives, as well as the expert opinion of Víctor Manuel
Rodríguez.112 Additionally, the State reported that none of the judges involved in the José
Delfín Acosta Martínez case remain in their positions.
E.
Intimidation and threats to family members and a witness
Cf. Resolution issued by the National Chamber of Appeals on October 21, 1999 (evidence file, folios
408 to 409).
101
Cf. Motion for reconsideration of dismissal of appeal before the National Criminal Cassation Chamber
filed by the complainant on October 28, 1999 (evidence file, folios 411 to 420).
102
Cf. Resolution issued by the National Criminal Cassation Chamber on December 9, 1999 (evidence file,
folios 790 to 793).
103
Cf. Special Appeal before Chamber I filed by the complainant on February 3, 2000 (evidence file, folios
422 to 445).
104
Cf. Resolution issued by the National Criminal Cassation Chamber on March 7, 2000 (evidence file,
folios 447 to 449).
105
Cf. Motion for reconsideration of dismissal of appeal filed before the Supreme Court of the Nation by
the complainant on March 23, 2000 (evidence file, folios 451 to 484).
106
Cf. Resolution issued by the Supreme Court of Justice on December 18, 2001 (evidence file, folios 487
to 490).
107
108
Cf. Final arguments of the State of June 18, 2020 (merits file, folio 545).
They requested information regarding the taxi driver who had been called to the police station as a
witness, O.D.A. The National Electoral Chamber informed them that he had died in 2012. The contact
information of the Gonçalves brothers was found and on June 25, 2019 they were summoned to testify (Cf.
Official Letter No. 956 issued by the PROCUVIN on October 29, 2019 (merits file, folios 211 to 213).
109
They issued requests to the Headquarters of the Argentine Federal Police for certified copies of the
edicts on disorderly conduct, drunkenness and other forms of intoxication, the report books of the Sergeant
of the Guard, the chief of the mobile service that detained Acosta and the Gonçalves brothers, and the detainee
logbook. They also asked for the police personnel logbooks mentioned in the case in question. They asked the
Director of SAME for the logbooks and/or reports related to the death of Acosta Martínez, along with the
logbooks of the individuals who treated him in the ambulance (Cf. Official Letter No. 956 issued by the
PROCUVIN on October 29, 2019 (merits file, folios 211 to 213).
110
111
Cf. Response of the State of November 15, 2019 (merits file, folio 199).
112
Cf. Final arguments of the State of June 18, 2020 (merits file, folio 546).
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