asked the INACIF to make an expert analysis of the ballistic trajectory. In response, on June 9,
2009, the INACIF advised that the file contained “a series of reports that were of no use to
determine the ballistic trajectory”; accordingly, based on the data at hand, it was not feasible to
comply with the request to determine the ballistic trajectory. 134
88.
Psychiatric profile of victim, perpetrator and crime scene. On August 7, 2008, the
assistant prosecutor asked a medical expert from the Psychiatry Area of the INACIF to prepare a
psychiatric profile of victim, perpetrator and crime scene in the case of Claudina Velásquez. In
response, on November 24, 2008, the expert issued a forensic psychiatric report in which he
included his conclusions on the psychiatric and psychological profile of the victim and the
perpetrator as well as an assessment of the crime scene, and considerations on the perpetrator
based on the crime scene.135 On January 15, 2009, the assistant prosecutor asked that the
report be expanded.136
89.
Regarding the police assigned to the Zone. On August 24 and October 17, 2011, the
prosecutor and the assistant prosecutor requested PNC Precincts 16 and 14 to provide
information on the police units assigned to the Precincts on August 12 and 13, 2005, as well as
their roles and the services provided with the respective logbooks, among other matters. This
information was forwarded to the assistant prosecutor on August 30 and October 17, 19 and 20,
2011.137
90.
Certifications of land registration records. On September 2 and November 2, 2011, the
Municipal Land Registration and Nomenclature Section of the IUSI Land Registration and
Administration Directorate sent the assistant prosecutor land registration information on 39
buildings located in Colonia Roosevelt.138
B.4. Investigation by the Guatemalan Ombudsman
91.
On February 6, 2006, the Guatemalan Ombudsman opened a file on a report filed by
Jorge Rolando Velásquez Durán in relation to the criminal investigation into the death of
Claudina Velásquez. On July 20, 2006, the Ombudsman issued a resolution in which he declared
“the violation of the obligation to respect and ensure the rights to life, personal security, justice
within a reasonable time, and effective judicial protection of Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz and
her next of kin,” and also the “[v]iolation of the right of the victim’s next of kin who are seeking
justice to be treated with dignity and respect.”
92.
Furthermore, he declared the following authorities responsible for the said violations: (a)
the prosecution agent in charge of Prosecution Office No. 10 “for failing to duly coordinate the
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4923).
Cf. Communication of the National Institute of Forensic Science of June 9, 2009 (evidence file, folios 4921 to
Cf. Psychiatric profile of victim, perpetrator and crime scene in the case of the violent death of Claudina Isabel
Velásquez Paiz (evidence file, folios 4875 and 4876).
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He requested that the report be expanded as follows: (1) develop the psychiatric profile of the perpetrator,
because this is not included in the report of November 24, 2008; (2) from a psychiatric perspective, how do you
perceive the actions of the perpetrator in relation to the victim’s clothes and position? (3) based on the background
information, indicate if it is possible to establish whether or not the act was perpetrated by a person who was known to
the victim; (4) establish whether trying to hide the victim’s brassiere in her jeans indicated that the perpetrator was
male; (5) determine whether the crime scene was orderly or disorderly, and (6) determine, based on the perpetrator’s
profile, whether he was an organized or disorganized criminal. Cf. Communication of the assistant prosecutor of January
15, 2009 (evidence file, folio 4582).
137
Cf. Communications of August 24, September 9, and October 19 and 21, 2011 (evidence file, folios 5378 to
5402, 5484, to 5542 and 5809).
138
Cf. Communications of the Municipal Land Registration and Nomenclature Section of the IUSI Land Registration
and Administration Directorate of September 5 and November 4, 2011 (evidence file, folios 5407 to 5447, 5618 and
5619).
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