24 as the abduction of Dr. Goiburú on Argentine territory can only be conceived as part of a plan of cooperation between the military dictatorships of the time […] and could only have been carried out with the participation and intelligence information of the oppressors of both countries.” He also stated that “the abduction and ensuing disappearance of Dr. Agustín Goiburú is considered a paradigmatic example of Operation Condor.” Regarding the disappearances of Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro and Rodolfo and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba, the expert witness indicated that they were detained, because they were accused of belonging to an “Argentine communist cell indoctrinated in the Universidad de la Plata where some of them were studying.” The “Terror Files” showed that they had been imprisoned [and then] transferred to the Asunción Police Investigations Department […where], according [to the] testimony of several prisoners […], they were tortured daily for about six months.” He also indicated that, “on September 21, 1976, […] they were executed and their bodies disappeared.” Mr. Boccia Paz indicated that “Since the coup d’état that overthrew General Stroessner, successive Governments have shown no desire […] to try to find the remains of Agustín Goiburú Giménez, Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro, Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba […and] their next of kin have not received any type of help or assistance from the State (either legal, medical, psychological, labor or financial); [hence] it can be concluded that the State […] has made insufficient efforts to clarify these disappearances and support [the] next of kin.” b) Antonio Valenzuela Candia, journalist, specialist in the context of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship The expert witness stated that during the dictatorship of Stroessner “the detention of opponents and people who were merely suspected of being such […] became systematic.” The use of torture “against common criminals and political activities also became systematic.” “The President of the Republic himself” was behind all these violations. The Executive Power, the Ministry of the Interior, the Police Headquarters, the Armed Forces and the Judiciary “were decisive tools for the implementation of the State’s policy of terrorism.” He also stated that “the emergence of Operation Condor […] had a significant impact on the abduction and disappearance of opponents of the military regimes.” Regarding the “Terror Files”, the expert witness indicated that “they permitted the reconstruction […] of emblematic examples of Operation Condor […] that illustrated the action plan of the dictatorships of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil and provided the fundamental element for completing several proceedings that had been opened based on disappearances, and opening others in local and international courts against the dictators of the region and their collaborators.” Mr. Valenzuela Candia stated that the disappearances of Agustín Goiburú Giménez, Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro, and Rodolfo and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba, were “closely connected with and a product of the systematic policy of the Stroessner dictatorship to destroy the regime’s opponents.” He added that “the abduction of [Dr.] Agustín Goiburú […] was […] the result of a joint operation of the security forces of Argentina and Paraguay, as proved reliably by the documentation in the Terror Files.” Regarding Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro, and Rodolfo and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba, he stated that “there is sufficient evidence […] of the time they