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73. On February 7, 2002, the Office of the Public Prosecutor charged Saturnino Antonio Gamarra
Acosta and José David Schémbori Ocampos with the crimes of deprivation of liberty, forced
disappearance and torture against Juan Arrom and Anuncio Martí.91 Subsequently, the Public
Prosecutor’s Office indicted the Head of the Judicial Investigation Center of the Office of the Public
Prosecutor, Javier Cazal Elizeche, for the same crimes.92 On February 14, 2002, the arrest of Juan
Carlos González Villar was ordered, because he was the tenant of the house where the alleged
victims were found.93 However, it could not be processed because the identity card number in the
lease contract did not match with the name of Juan Carlos González Villar.94
74. On February 7 and 26, 2002, Juan Arrom and Anuncio Martí, respectively, filed individual
criminal complaints for the facts of which they claimed to be victims.95
75. During the investigations, statements were received from the alleged victims, their next of
kin, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice and Labor, the Attorney General, three
prosecutors from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and at least 16 police officers, and 87 people who
might have had information about what happened, or who might be involved.96 Additionally,
diverse information was requested,97 a reconstruction of the alleged arrest of Juan Arrom and
Anuncio Martí98 and their discovery99 was carried out. Spoken portraits were also made based on
what was stated by Juan Arrom.100
76. On January 29, 2003, a criminal report on the evidence collected in the inspections and raids
carried out on January 30 and 31, 2002 was presented.101 The report notes that on February 13,
2002, the studies that would be carried out on this evidence were scheduled for between February
Cf. Record of charges against Antonio Gamarra and José David Schémbori of February 7, 2002 (evidence file,
fs. 4957 to 4959).
92
Cf. Record of charges against Javier Cazal Elizeche of February 21, 2002 (evidence file, fs. 5016 to 5017).
93
Resolution No. 12 of February 14, 2002 (evidence file, fs. 4991 and 4992).
94
Note of February 15, 2002 from the National Police (evidence file, f. 4989).
95
Juan Arrom Suhurt's complaint was filed against the Deputy Police Commissioner, Saturnino Antonio Gamarra;
The Director of the Center for Judicial Investigation, Javier Cazal, the Minister of Justice and Labor, Silvio Ferreira
Fernández, Mr. Marcos Antonio Álvarez Pereira , the Minister of the Interior of the Executive Power , Julio César
Fanego Arellano , and the Prosecutor Hugo Velázquez Moreno, all of them for punishable acts against freedom, serious
coercion, kidnapping, threat, attempted homicide, forced disappearance, serious injury, serious injury in the exercise
of public functions, torture and persecution of innocents, all of the above in criminal association. Complaint filed by
Juan Arrom Suhurt on February 7, 2002 (evidence file, fs. 4808 to 4810). The Anuncio Martí complaint was filed
against the same persons included in Juan Arrom's complaint, with the exception of Messrs. Fanego Arellano and
Velázquez Moreno. Likewise, the complaint was also filed against the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Crime
Investigation Department of the National Police, José David Schémbori Ocampos, the Police Sub-Officer Pablo
Morínigo, Commissioner Roberto González Cuquejo, Mrs. Gladys Maubet de Ferreira, wife of the former Minister Silvio
Ferreira, Inspector Officer Gomez, Officer 1 or Martinez, Inspector Officer Nelson Alderete, Inspector Officer Julio Diaz,
Officer Limenza and Officer Morínigo, for the crimes of kidnapping, torture, forced disappearance, serious injury, illicit
association, serious coercion, threat, attempted homicide, serious injury in the exercise of public functions,
persecution of innocents, all in criminal association. cf. Complaint filed by Anuncio Martí on February 26, 2002
(evidence file, f. 526).
96
cf. File labeled Saturnino Antonio Gamarra et al. on torture and others (evidence file, fs. 4697 to 8554).
97
See, for example, Communication of March 8, 2002 (evidence file, f. 5167); Note from the Criminal Prosecutor
No. 309 of March 8, 2002 (evidence file, f. 5186); Official letter No. 151 of the National Police of March 11, 2002
(evidence file, fs. 5193 to 5196); Note from the Criminal Prosecutor of March 8, 2002 (evidence file, f. 4899); Request
of March 11, 2002 (evidence file, f. 5190).
98
Cf. Action to reconstruct the events of April 18, 2002 (evidence file, fs. 5519 to 5525).
99
Cf. Record of proceedings of November 28, 2002 (evidence file, fs. 6536 to 6547).
100
Cf. Minutes No. 027 / 2002; Act No. 028 / 2002; Record No. 029 / 2002 and Record No. 030 / 2002 (evidence
file, fs. 5426 to 5432). For his part, Anuncio Martí reported that “due to [his] personal impossibility and on the
recommendation of [his] lawyer [he] abstain[s] from making the corresponding identification.” Cf. Record of April 11,
2002 (evidence file, fs. 5435 and 5436).
101
Cf. Criminal report of January 29, 2003 (evidence file, fs. 7269 to 7280).
91