48 61(99) On July 28, 1993, having instructed that Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, “accused of the alleged crimes of homicide and others,” be summoned by court order and the accused not having presented himself, the said court declared that he was “in contempt of court and willfully disobedient of court orders.” 61(100) On November 12, 1993, the Fifth Criminal Court of First Instance revoked the order of prison against Benito Guanes Serrano and ordered his release. 61(101) In October 1995, the Attorney General’s Office requested the Fifth Criminal Court of First Instance to order the preventive detention of Sabino Augusto Montanaro. 61(102) On October 9, 1996, the Court decided that the preliminary proceedings should be concluded and that the case should go to trial. 61(103) On May 19 and June 4, 1998, the complainant and the Attorney General’s Office, respectively, submitted their brief with final arguments. During 1998 and 1999, Lucilo Benítez, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero, Juan Aniceto Ramírez, Camilo Almada Morel, Pastor Miliciades Coronel and Agustín Belotto Vouga presented their respective briefs with final arguments. 61(104) On July 2, 1998, the Fourth Criminal Court of First Instance ordered the capture of Eusebio Torres and on March 27, 2002, the Third Criminal Tribunal (de Liquidación y Sentencia) declared him “in contempt of court”. 61(105) On September 1, 1999, the Fourth Criminal Court of First Instance found, inter alia, that “it is easy to conclude that, under the political police regime in force at the time of the facts, […] and taking into account his notorious and well-know position as the “fearsome” head of the Investigations Department at that time, Pastor Milciades Coronel can be classified as an instigator.” And it decided, inter alia: To classify the criminal conduct of the accused, Pastor Milciades Coronel, under Article 30 [instigator] of the Penal Code in force, and of the accused, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero Cañete, Camilo Almada Morel, Nicolás Lucilo Benítez, Agustín Belotto Vouga and Juan Aniceto Martínez, under the provisions of Article 31 [complicity] of the Penal Code in force in accordance with Article 105(2) [the penalty for felonious homicide may be increased up to 25 years] and Article 67 [penalty structure when there are special attenuating circumstances] of the Penal Code in force. To convict […] Pastor Milciades Coronel […] to 25 (twenty-five) [years’] imprisonment, which he shall serve in his current place of imprisonment until November 22, 2014, the date on which he will have completed his punishment; and also the defendants, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero Cañete, Camilo Almada Morel, Nicolás Lucilo Benítez, Agustín Belotto Vouga and Juan Aniceto Martínez, to 12 (twelve) years and 6 (six) months’ imprisonment each, which they shall serve in their current place of imprisonment until May 22, 2002. […] To declare the civil responsibility of the persons convicted, who are named above, for the acts perpetrated. […] 61(106) On September 20 and December 29, 1999, and on August 9, 2000, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero and Lucilo Benítez, Camilo Almada Morel, Juan Aniceto Martínez, and Pastor Milciades Coronel appealed the judgment and argued for its annulment, respectively. On October 25, 1999, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero desisted expressly from the remedies of appeal and annulment that had been filed and requested release on parole.