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In her first statement, Ms. Torres-Gil said that she was apprehended on
December 29, 1987, by uniformed members of the Treasury Police and
transported in a white "van" about which she knew no other details. She said
that she was taken with Mr. Angárita-Ramírez to the offices of the Treasury
Police, where they were separated. When she next saw her husband his mouth
was bleeding, he was handcuffed and showed signs of torture. She said that
her belongings were stolen from her, that sexual advances had been made to
her, and that she was taken to the Santa Teresa prison, where she was held.
(cfr. Statement of Doris Torres-Gil to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance on June 15,
1988).
In her expanded statement delivered to the same court on June 23, 1988, Ms.
Torres-Gil recognized the white van in photographs relating to the case, which
she was shown, and also recognized photographs of Treasury Police agents
Francisco Javier (illegible), Manuel Castañeda-Obua, Miguel Humberto AguirreLópez and Hugo Silva-Morán, against whom she brought a formal accusation.
(cfr. Expanded statement delivered to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance by
Doris Torres-Gil on June 23, 1988).
Mr. Angárita and Ms. Torres both filed complaints with the Office of the Ministry
of Interior (Ministerio de Gobernación) and the Procurator for Human Rights of
Guatemala, in which they reiterated their previous statements.
(cfr. Complaint by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez and Doris Torres-Gil to the Office of the Ministry of
Interior (Ministerio de Gobernación) of Guatemala and complaint of Augusto Angárita-Ramírez and
Doris Torres-Gil to the Human Rights Procurator of Guatemala, on April 26, 1988).
c.
The then Judge in the case, Mr. Julio Aníbal Trejo-Duque, in his
testimony to the Inter-American Court referred to the statements delivered by
Mr. Angárita-Ramírez and Ms. Torres-Gil (infra, para. 68).
d.
In official communication No. F-1580. I-613-88, Dr. Mario Alfredo Porres
O., Forensic Expert of the Judiciary of the Republic of Guatemala, reproduced
the results of a physical examination conducted on Mr. Angárita-Ramírez on
December 30, 1987, in response to a request from the Eleventh Criminal
Magistrates’ Court, with the following results: superficial chafing at the level of
the intermediate line of the rear thorax, the radial and cubital regions of the
wrists and the radial region of the first phalanx of the right hand’s index finger.
Bruises and chafing of the side region of the thorax and abdomen.
CONCLUSIONS: a) requires seven days of medical treatment, as of the date in
which the injuries were suffered. b) five-day leave of regular occupations. c) no
operational impediment, deformity or permanent face scar will derive from the
depicted injuries […].
(cfr. Official communication No. F-1580. I-613-88 of June 15, 1988, issued by Doctor Mario Alfredo
Porres O., Forensic Expert of the Judiciary of the Republic of Guatemala, addressed to the Seventh
Criminal Court of First Instance, single folio).
e.
Expert Robert C. Bux informed the Court that he had reviewed the
document on Mr. Angárita-Ramírez’s injuries (infra, para. 67 (l) (2)).
f.
The following information was entered in the Log of the Treasury Police
Intelligence and Narcotics Squad of Guatemala City for December 29, 1987: