42 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; notarial act signed by Delia Amparo Hernández-Mejía on March 16, 1988; notarial act signed by Raquel de Jesús Solórzano on March 16, 1988; statement by Miriam Elizabeth Huertas de Gatica on March 16, 1988; statement by Graciela Cante of March 16, 1988; interview with Josefa González-Rivera, a.k.a. "María", contained in police report of March 21, 1988, signed by Rudy Alex Miranda-Ramírez, Edwin Gudiel-Alveño and Reinaldo Rodríguez-Hernández, Chief of the Homicide Squad of the National Police; interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in police report of March 22, 1988; statement by Ms. Blanca Alicia Ochaeta-Corzo de Ortiz, delivered by notarial act at the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the Department of the National Police on April 28, 1988; statement by Ms. Bertha Violeta Flores-Gómez, delivered through notarial act at the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the Department of the National Police on May 5, 1988; notarial act signed by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez at the "Pavón Model Rehabilitation Farm" on May 5, 1988; sworn statement by María Elizabeth Chinchilla de González delivered on May 5, 1988; sworn statement by María Elizabeth Chinchilla de González of May 13, 1988; statement by Ms. Blanca Alicia Ochaeta-Corzo de Ortiz, delivered through notarial act at the Special Investigation and Narcotics Brigade of the Department of the National Police on May 20, 1988; interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in police report of May 25, 1988; notarial act signed by Augusto AngáritaRamírez at the "Pavón Model Rehabilitation Farm" on June 15, 1988; statement by Doris Torres-Gil to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of June 15, 1988; expansion of the statement delivered to the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance by Doris Torres-Gil on June 23, 1988; statement by Carlos René Juárez-Hernández, National Police investigator in the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade, of July 13, 1988; testimony of María Idelfonsa Morales de Paniagua; testimony of Blanca Lidia Zamora de Paniagua; and testimony of Oscar Humberto Vásquez). b. Armed men, most of them wearing civilian clothes, connected with the Treasury Police or with some military or police institution, took part in the arbitrary arrests referred to in the instant Case. (cfr. Police report, official communication No. 3214 Ref. BIEN. FOA/rrh, of June 6, 1988; interview with Eugenio Ruano contained in police report of February 15, 1988, signed by the acting chief of the AntiKidnapping Section of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police; statement by María Luisa Chinchilla-Ruano on February 20, 1987 (rectius 1988); sworn declaration of Marco Antonio Montes-Letona on March 15, 1988 at the Office of the Warden of the Pavón Criminal Rehabilitation Farm; 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; notarial act signed by Delia Amparo Hernández-Mejía on March 16, 1988; notarial act signed by Raquel de Jesús Solórzano on March 16, 1988; statement by Miriam Elizabeth Huertas de Gatica of March 16, 1988; statement by Graciela Cante of March 16, 1988; interview with Josefa González-Rivera, a.k.a. "María", contained in police report of March 21, 1988, signed by Rudy Alex Miranda-Ramírez, Edwin Gudiel-Alveño and Reinaldo Rodríguez-Hernández, Chief of the Homicide Squad of the National Police; interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in police report of March 22, 1988; statement by Ms. Blanca Alicia Ochaeta-Corzo de Ortiz, delivered by notarial act at the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the Department of the National Police on April 28, 1988; statement by Ms. Bertha Violeta Flores-Gómez, delivered through notarial act at the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the Department of the National Police on May 5, 1988; notarial act signed by Augusto Angárita-Ramírez at the "Pavón Model Rehabilitation Farm" on May 5, 1988; sworn statement by María Elizabeth Chinchilla de González delivered on May 5, 1988; sworn statement by María Elizabeth Chinchilla de González on May 13, 1988; statement by Ms. Blanca Alicia Ochaeta-Corzo de Ortiz, delivered through notarial act at the Special Investigation and Narcotics Brigade of the Department of the National Police on May 20, 1988; interview with Gilberto González-Saquij contained in police report of May 25, 1988; notarial act signed by Augusto AngáritaRamírez at the "Pavón Model Rehabilitation Farm" on June 15, 1988; statement by Doris Torres-Gil to the Seventh Judge of Criminal First Instance of June 15, 1988; expansion of the statement delivered to the Seventh Court of Criminal First Instance by Doris Torres-Gil on June 23, 1988; statement by Carlos René Juárez-Hernández, National Police investigator in the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade, on July 13, 1988; testimony of María Idelfonsa Morales de Paniagua; testimony of Blanca Lidia Zamora de Paniagua; and testimony of Oscar Humberto Vásquez). c. In most cases, the persons detained were forced into a white "van-type" vehicle (a kind of minibus or van). (cfr. Police report, official communication No. 3214 Ref. BIEN. FOA/rrh, of June 6, 1988; interview with Eugenio Ruano contained in police report of February 15, 1988, signed by the acting chief of the AntiKidnapping Section of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police; statement by María Luisa Chinchilla-Ruano of February 20, 1987 (rectius 1988); sworn declaration of Marco Antonio Montes-Letona on March 15, 1988 at the Office of the Warden of the Pavón Criminal Rehabilitation Farm; 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; notarial act signed by Delia Amparo Hernández-Mejía on