fact that the State has done nothing to gather evidence to prove that the alleged victim was informed of the reasons for the arrest and the charges brought against him. Consequently, the Court concludes that there was a clear breach of the provisions of Article 7(4) of the American Convention. 83. Lastly, with regard to the judicial control of the detention under the police disciplinary procedure, the Court recalls that Paraguay’s Constitution established that any detained person had the right to be brought, “within a period of no more than of twenty-four hours, before the competent judge, who shall decide on the appropriate action under applicable law.” 154 The State maintained that, by virtue of an order of May 23, 2000, the investigating judge had ordered that the court be convened at the Headquarters of the Specialized Group that same day and the days following, in order to carry out the necessary procedures, and take investigative and informative statements from all the police officers allegedly involved in the attempted coup d’état. However, the State did not furnish evidence to substantiate this; the document provided to this Court was the decision from the investigating judge ordering that the court be convened at the Specialized Group for the purpose of “carrying out procedures.” The precise nature of those procedures is not specified, so there is no proof that a statement was, in fact, taken from Mr. López. 155 In any case, all the above would have taken place four days after the arrest of the alleged victim, which exceeds the period of 24 hours provided for in the Constitution 84. Furthermore, Mr. López maintained that the first visit by a judge and a forensic doctor took place “roughly” 15 days after his arrest. 156 This account is consistent with what was stated in the order of May 29, 2000, issued as part of the criminal proceedings before the Second Criminal Court of Guarantees of Asunción, which required Mr. López to appear on May 30, 2000, to give a statement and hear the case for the application of precautionary measures. 157 Therefore, the State is also responsible for the violation of Articles 7(2) and 7(5) of the American Convention. 85. Finally, the Court notes that the representative also alleged the violation of Article 2 of the American Convention, but limited himself to citing the article in question without offering any kind of specific argument, and failed to explain which specific provision(s) of the domestic legal system would constitute such a violation. For its part, the InterAmerican Commission did not allege a breach of the article concerned. Furthermore, as the State has maintained and shown, both the Organizational Law and the Disciplinary Regulations of the National Police have been amended, and, in particular, the arrest measure and punishment that was applied in the instant case has already been revoked. 158 Consequently, as the Court does not have sufficient evidence to analyze this alleged violation, it will not rule on the matter. Zamudio, who said he was detained “with no paper, with no warrant.” Cf. Final Judgment No. 1 of the Collegiate Trial Court of the Judicial District of Asunción, Case 01-01-02-01-2000-2606, “B.P., M.P., O.V., W.P., for infliction of bodily injury in the performance of public duties and others,” of December 30, 2019 (evidence file, folio 266). 154 Cf. Article 12(5) of Paraguay’s Constitution. 155 Cf. Directorate of Police Justice, Order of May 23, 2000 (evidence file, folio 10689). 156 Cf. Final Judgment No. 1 of the Collegiate Trial Court of the Judicial District of Asunción, Case 01-0102-01-2000-2606, “B.P., M.P., O.V., W.P., for infliction of bodily injury in the performance of public duties and others,” of December 30, 2019 (evidence file, folio 186). 157 Cf. Judge of the Second Criminal Court of Guarantees, Order of May 29, 2000 (evidence file, folio 4454). 158 Cf. Law 5,757 that amends several articles of Law 222/92 “Organizational Law of the National Police” (evidence file, folio 10772), and Decision No. 361 of the Commissioner of Paraguay’s National Police of April 25, 2020 (evidence file, folio 1774). 26

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