76
and the shot fired at him as a result, triggered a disturbance involving a number of
inmates, who set the fire in the Center.114
134.35
Young Benito Augusto Adorno died on August 6, 2001.115
134.36
The fire left the following eight inmates either burned or injured:
Eduardo Vera, Cándido Ulises Zelaya Flores, Hugo Olmedo, Oscar Rafael Aquino
Acuña, Nelson Rodríguez, Demetrio Silguero, Carlos Raúl Romero Giacomo and
Aristides Ramón Ortiz Bernal116.
134.37
In official communications addressed to their superiors in the weeks
leading up to the fire, a number of staff members and guards had warned that
tensions at the Center were running very high and the situation was extremely
dangerous.117
134.38
for all.118
After the July 25, 2001 fire, the State shut down the Center once and
Assistance provided by the State after the fires
134.39
The State covered various expenses occasioned by the deaths of some
inmates and injuries to others, such as a certain amount for medical and
114
Cf. Report on the July 25, 2001 riot, which the Acting Chief of Guards, Mr. Sergio Hermosilla,
sent to the Center’s Chief of Security (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 36, folio 481); report
on the fire that occurred at the Institute on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 (file of appendixes to the
application, appendix 39, folio 495); document titled “Adolescents deprived of liberty: some thoughts.
Measures proposed by the Deputy Minister of Justice, Fernando Vicente Canillas Vera. July 30, 2001” (file
of appendixes to the application, appendix 26, folio 405); report on the July 25, 2001 riot, which the
Acting Chief of Guards, Mr. Sergio Hermosilla, sent to the Center’s Chief of Security (file of appendixes to
the application, appendix 36, folio 481); report on the fire at the Center on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 (file
of appendixes to the application, appendix 39, folio 495); report by the Volunteer Fire Brigade of
Paraguay, General Headquarters, on the July 25, 2001 fire (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary
objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 9, volume
I, folio 133); and prosecution case file No. 9199, titled “inmate riot” on July 25, 2001 (file of appendixes
to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and
motions, appendix 24, volume III, folio 876).
115
Cf. Death certificate of young Benito Augusto Adorno (file of appendixes to the application,
appendix 6, folio 142); and file of appendixes to the written brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 31,
volume I, folio 198).
116
Cf. Note dated July 26, 2001, from DEJAP Police Chief Fermín Valenzuela Bado, to the criminal
prosecutorial agent on duty (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 27, folio 483); file of the fire of
the 27th (sic) of July 2001, Office of the Juvenile Criminal Prosecutor (file of appendixes to the written
brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 31, volume I, folios 125 and 127).
117
Cf. note dated June 18, 2001, from Father Michael Sean O'Loingsigh, Deputy Director of the
‘Panchito López’ Center, to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez Benitez, Director of the Center (file of appendixes to
the application, appendix 23, folio 395); July 16, 2001 note from Father Michael Sean O’Loingsigh to Mr.
Eustacio Rodríguez, Director of the Center (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 28, folio 417);
and July 17, 2001 letter that staff of the Center sent to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez, Director of the Center (file
of appendixes to the application, appendix 29, folio 423).
118
Cf. The State’s April 26, 2002 communication to the Inter-American Commission (file of
appendixes to the application, appendix 4, folio 114); and document titled “Adolescents deprived of
liberty: some thoughts. Measures proposed by the Deputy Minister of Justice, Fernando Vicente Canillas
Vera. July 30, 2001” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 26, folio 400).
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