(alias) MOISÉS, aged 19. Member of structure of (alias) ROBERTO (Gatica Paz), in the FU-ORC, EGP. 14-02-84: Was captured at 0100 hours in a house in Ciudad Real, Zone 12. 06-03-84: 300.85 95. During the night of the February 13, 1984, and the early morning of February 14, heavily armed men arrived at the house in Ciudad Real where Manuel Ismael lived with his family. According to the statements of the family, they broke down the fence with one of their vehicles; one group climbed onto the roof of the house and another broke down the front door. They interrogated Manuel Ismael and subjected him to electric shocks, after which they took him away in his underclothes. The family was threatened so that they would not to report the incident. According to Manuel Ismael's family members, some of the men wore the uniform of the “Special Operations and Response Battalion (BROE) of the Fifth National Police Corps.” This case was included in the section on cases “presented” in the CEH report, which indicated, with “complete conviction” that Manuel Ismael had been captured by “members of the BROE” and forcibly disappeared. In addition, according to information received by the CEH, Manuel Ismael had been held in the basement of a museum. 96. On February 17, 1984, the family filed the first application for habeas corpus and, that same day, the court sent a telegram to the head of the Fourth National Police Corps, which was answered on February 21 indicating that he had not been detained by that Corps. On March 5, Manuel Ismael's father reported the disappearance to the National Police and the following day he filed another application for habeas corpus. On July 16, 1984, a first instance judge executed a writ of habeas corpus in the National Civil Police, but with a negative result. In August, Mr. Salanic Chiguil’s father reported the incident to the Minister of the Interior, and the latter asked the National Police to investigate the disappearance. On October 15, 1984, the National Police issued a communication indicating that it had not located Mr. Salanic Chiguil, “therefore, the investigation continue[d].” On October 26, Mr. Salanic Chiguil’s father was summoned to appear. However, in November that year, the DIT recorded that “to date, the investigation […] has not been conducted.” In addition, in December 1984, the National Police referred the case to the First Criminal Peace Court. 97. On August 9, 1985, the Supreme Court issued a writ of habeas corpus for Mr. Salanic Chiguil and ordered that information be requested from the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior and the country’s chiefs of police, among others. In response, the DIT indicated that “having examined the records and logs […] it had verified that [Mr. Salanic Chiguil] has not […] been registered […] or detained […] by members of this Department.” In December 1995, another writ of habeas corpus was executed on his behalf before the National Police, with negative results. 98. On May 30, 1986, another application for habeas corpus was filed. That year, the Ministry of the Interior asked the National Police to reopen the investigation into the case and to advise the Ministry of any relevant progress. The family recounted that, the DIT authorities inspected the house, questioned the family members about what happened, and advised them that “it had been established that [Mr. Salanic Chiguil] had been removed but they still did not know where he had been taken.” During the investigation a 9 mm bullet was found in the house and, according to his father, this was “for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces.” 85 According to his father, the photograph that appears in the Diario Militar under this name corresponds to Manuel Ismael Salanic Chiguil’s brother and not to him. - 34 -