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of the investigation;127 b) note from the telephone company, Cable & Wireless
Panamá (formerly INTEL, Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicaciones [National
Telecommunications Institute]), wherein it stated that after thoroughly reviewing the
company files, no official letter related to the aforementioned telephone wiretapping
was found;128 c) statements by the Bishop of the Colón Diocese Carlos María Ariz, by
the Fiscal Electoral de la República [Prosecutor General for Elections of the Republic]
Gerardo Solís, by Dalma de Duque, by Luis Banqué, by Jorge Luis Vélez, by Armando
Abrego, by Adel Zayed and by the former Attorney General;129 d) also, upon request
by the reporting party, the Sworn Statement rendered by Inspector Hurtado before
the Fiscalía Cuarta del Primer Circuito Judicial de Panamá [Office of the First Panamá
Court Circuit Prosecutor Number Four] in the framework of the Individual Accusation
Proceedings for false accusation filed by the former Attorney General against Mr.
Tristán Donoso; 130 e) official letter No. 2414 of July 10, 1996, sent by Prosecutor
Prado to the former Attorney General, wherein, according to the Procuraduría de la
Administración [Office of the Solicitor for the Administration], the source of the
recordings received at the offices of the Procurador General de la Nación [National
Attorney General] is established;131 and f) the report dated July 19, 1996, by Clerk
Miranda,132 among other items.133
149. The Court finds that, once the evidence produced during the investigation
stage has been considered, there are no elements to assume that such investigation
127
Cf. Note DG-01-053-99 dated April 12, 1999, from the Director General of the Policía Técnica
Judicial [Judicial Technical Police] Alejandro Moncada (Case File of Appendixes to the Reply to the
Application, Book IV, Appendix B-2, folios 3236 and 3237).
128
Cf. Note dated April 14, 1999, from the telephone company Cable & Wireless Panamá (Case File
of Appendixes to the Reply to the Application, Book IV, Appendix B-1, folio 3261).
129
Answer by Bishop Carlos María Ariz to the set of questions forwarded him by the Procuraduría de
la Administración [Office of the Solicitor for the Administration], supra note 29, folio 2531; Official Letter
1041-FE-99 dated April 13, 1999, signed by Gerardo Solís Díaz, supra note 34, folio 1547; Sworn
Statement by Dalma de Duque dated May 14, 1999 before the Procuraduría de la Administración [Office of
the Solicitor for the Administration] (Case File of Appendixes to the Reply to the Application, Book IV,
Appendix B-1, folio 3315); Sworn Statement by Edna Ramos dated April 14, 1999, supra note 34, folio
1557; Sworn Statement by Luis Alberto Banqué Morelos dated April 13, 1999, supra note 34, folio 3241;
Sworn Statement by Jorge de Jesús Vélez Valdés dated April 14, 1999, supra note 34, folio 1550; Sworn
Statement by Armando Abrego dated April 15, 1999, supra note 34, folio 1554; Sworn Statement by Adel
Zayed dated May 5, 1999, supra note 56, folios 1446 and 1447; Official Letter PGN-SG-047-99 dated May
24, 1999 signed by the former Attorney General in answer to the set of questions forwarded him by the
Procuraduría de la Administración [Office of the Solicitor for the Administration], supra note 21, folio 3336,
and Prosecutor’s Opinion No. 472 dated September 22, 1999 of the Procuraduría de la Administración
[Office of the Solicitor for the Administration], supra note 43, folios 1688 and 1689.
130
Cf. Official Letter No. 2375 dated May 20, 1999 from the Fiscal Cuarto del Primer Circuito Judicial
de Panamá [First Panamá Court Circuit Prosecutor Number Four] and its Appendix, whereby the extension
of the sworn statement rendered by Inspector Darelvia Hurtado on April 29, 1999 is forwarded (Case File
of Appendixes to the Reply to the Application, Book IV, Appendix B-1, folios 3318 to 3332).
131
Official Letter No. 2414 from Prosecutor Prado, dated July 10, 1996, supra note 24, folio 1519.
132
Report by Clerk Miranda, dated July 19, 1996, supra note 58, folio 1527.
133
The Procuraduría de la Administración [Office of the Solicitor for the Administration] also took the
following action: (i) at the petition of Mr. Tristán Donoso, the Corregidora del Barrio Sur de Ciudad Colón
[Colón City Southern District Local Police Authority] was requested to send the record of the investigation
for the crime against property initiated against Edmundo Morales Montenegro, Robert Boyce and others to
the detriment of Walid Sayed; and (ii) received the testimony by the Director General de la Policía
Nacional [Director General of the National Police], José Luis Sossa. Cf. Prosecutor’s Opinion No. 472 dated
September 22, 1999 of the Procuraduría de la Administración [Office of the Solicitor for the
Administration], supra note 43, folios 1649.