18 The conclusions are: a) Asphyxiation by hanging; b) penetrating neck wound produced by a short, blunt object; c) the findings described. ------------------------------CAUSE OF DEATH: a) asphyxiation by hanging; b) penetrating neck wound produced by a short, blunt object. (cfr. Forensic autopsy report, official communication DI-19/87 of June 18, 1989). f. Expert Robert C. Bux referred to this document in his report delivered at the public hearing before the Inter-American Court on September 23, 1997 (infra, para. 67(l) (1)). 2. Gil: Concerning Mr. Augusto Angárita-Ramírez and Ms. Doris Torres- a. Mr. Angárita-Ramírez made two statements at the "Pavón" rehabilitation model farm on May 5 and June 15, 1988, respectively. In the first statement, Mr. Angárita said that he was detained at approximately 1.00 p.m. on December 29, 1987, together with his female companion, Ms. Doris Torres-Gil, by agents of the Treasury Police wearing green uniforms and driving a white van with tinted windows, in which he and his companion were taken to the offices of the Treasury Police. There the Director-General of that body, Mr. Oscar Augusto Díaz-Urquizú, ordered three policemen to take him away and force him to confess to a crime he had not committed. He said that he was handcuffed, ordered to lie face down on the floor and felt a man kneel on his back, is nose and mouth were covered with a thick plastic sheet which prevented him from breathing, while his head was bent back and his legs folded under him. He had been beaten and subjected to painful treatment. A guard had the television on at full volume so that the screams of those being tortured would not be heard. He said that the Treasury Police took away his belongings, that these had not been handed over to the Tribunal, and that they had therefore been taken by the Police. When he was shown photographs of the white "van" with tinted windows, a 1981 Ford Econoline 350, chassis No. IFTJE3460BHA37911, he recognized it as the one used in his capture. (cfr. Affidavit signed by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez at the "Pavón" Rehabilitation Model Farm on May 5, 1988). In his second statement, Mr. Angárita-Ramírez said that when he was captured he was ordered to place his hands behind his back so that he could be handcuffed and to lie face down on the ground; a plastic hood was placed over him so that he could not breathe, while he was kicked in the ribs and his legs folded forward; he was hit on the hands, feet and genitals and threatened with electric shocks. He realized that other people were being tortured in the room and their belongings had been taken away; he was later taken to the Second Precinct of the National Police, together with Ms. Torres-Gil and others. (cfr. Statement of Augusto Angárita-Ramírez to the Seventh Court of First Criminal Instance, delivered at the "Pavón" Rehabilitation Model Farm on June 15, 1988). b. Ms. Doris Torres-Gil, referred to in some documents as Mr. AngáritaRamírez’s wife and in others as his companion, made two statements, one on June 15 and the other on June 23, 1988, before the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance.