46 7) Concerning Mr. José Antonio Montenegro: detained on February 13, 1988 by three men in civilian clothes, who were identified as investigation agents of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade (BIEN); taken away in a white "van" with tinted windows, which he later identified, whose interior contain a bench, a spare tire, and Mr. Oscar Vásquez; taken to the premises of the Treasury Police, where he was beaten; he was placed at the disposal of the Twelfth Criminal Court of Guatemala by the Treasury Police at 2.00 a.m. on February 14, 1988, through communication No. 167, accused of illegal traffic in pharmaceutical products and drugs or narcotic substances, and active bribery. (cfr. Official communication No. 167.- REF. GCD/Jmpo of February 14, 1988, from the Chief of the Treasury Police II to the Twelfth Criminal Justice of Peace of Guatemala City; notarial act signed by José Antonio Montenegro on March 15, 1988, at the Office of the Warden of the Pavón Criminal Rehabilitation Farm; notarial act signed by Oscar Vásquez on March 15, 1988, at the Office of the Warden of the Pavón Criminal Rehabilitation Farm; statement by Miriam Elizabeth Huertas de Gatica delivered on March 16, 1988, to Notary Eduardo Roberto González-Garnica; statement by Graciela Cante delivered on March 16, 1988, to Notary Eduardo Roberto González-Garnica; official communication of June 10, 1988, signed DEM Infantry Colonel Julio Enrique Caballeros-Seigne, Director-General of the National Police, addressed to the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance; official communication of June 13, 1988, signed by Judge Otto Fernando Palma-Chacón, XII Criminal Justice of Peace and addressed to the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance; official communication No. 802/jlop from the Chief of the Warrants Office of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Bureau of the National Police of Guatemala and brief of final pleadings by the State, folio 2). 8) Concerning Mr. Erik Leonardo Chinchilla: shot dead in circumstances that have not been clarified; the preliminary police investigation did not generate due criminal process. (cfr. Interview with María Luisa Chinchilla-Ruano contained in police report of February 20, 1987 (rectius 1988); interview with Mario Ricardo Alvarez-Guevara contained in police report of February 20, 1988; statement by Nicomedes Castillo-Guzmán contained in police report of February 22, 1988; statement by Juan Guillermo Granados-Fernández contained in police report of February 23, 1988; interview with Sabina Sian contained in police report of February 23, 1987 (sic); interview with María Cristina Bautista-Marroquín contained in police report of February 23, 1987 (sic); police report of February 24, 1988, police report of March 3, 1988; interview with Mario Ricardo Alvarez-Guevara contained in police report of July 23, 1992; interview with Nicomedes Castillo-Guzmán recorded in police report of July 23, 1992, and police report of July 23, 1992). 9) Concerning Mr. Marco Antonio Montes-Letona: detained on February 19, 1988 by six men, two dressed in the uniform of the Treasury Police and four in civilian clothes; forced into a white Ford "van" with tinted windows bearing license plate P1233857; taken to the Treasury Police premises;