26 101. Subsequently, the alleged victims have indicated that after their release they identified some state agents when they saw photographs in the press.135 The record shows that Mr. Arrom Suhurt testified on February 4, 2002 before the Criminal Judge of Guarantees,136 on April 18, 2002, during the reconstruction of the events of January 17,137 and on May 23, 2002, before prosecutors,138 and on February 7, 2019 at the public hearing held in this case.139 For his part, Mr. Martí Méndez Cf. Statement of Anuncio Martí of February 4, 2002 before the Criminal Judge of Guarantees (evidence file, fs. 4054 and 4055); Testimony of Juan Arrom Suhurt of February 4, 2002 before the Criminal Guarantee Judge (evidence file, f. 4033), and Reconstruction of the facts of April 18, 2002 (evidence file, f. 5527). 136 On that occasion, Mr. Arrom Suhurt stated that at the time of the capture they were all acting with their faces uncovered. He indicated that after his capture they took him to a place where he could see that Deputy Commissioner Antonio Gamarra was there. They then took him near the entrance of a stable where he remembers seeing a tall, thin person with a mustache and a semi-grown beard, whom they nicknamed KABUL. He indicated that the next day, after asking Deputy Commissioner Gamarra to meet with Mr. Ferreira, they put him in a car and took him to a place where Minister Ferreira came to speak with him. Minister Ferreira reportedly indicated that he would speak with Minister Fanego, who was going to “give him guarantees.” Upon returning from that meeting, they handed him a telephone and Minister Fanego told him “Arrom, here I am with Minister Ferreira, he is listening to what I am going to tell you, collaborate with the people we are going to send you, we are going to give all the guarantees and we will get you out of the country.” He indicated that after a while they covered his eyes and mouth with packing tape and put him in a van and asked him to give Víctor Colman's address. He indicated that at one point “the group of people who were in the truck changed and people who said they were from the Anti-Terrorism Secretariat got on.” On Saturday night a doctor came to examine him and Commissioner Gamarra was present. When they were transferred to the second house, “they put packing tape over his face, eyes and mouth again” and they remained blindfolded all day, he pointed out that he “could see the people who moved in the room, recognizing fully a man they say is [Mr.] Cazal, whose photos appear in the newspaper.” He indicated that he saw Commissioner Gamarra on two more occasions, on Monday night, two days before they were found, and on Wednesday morning. He also indicated that Gamarra told him that they had to heal his wounds so that they could take him to the Public Prosecutor's Office and to collaborate by signing a statement that prosecutor Velázquez had already prepared. He further indicated that “several policemen [asked] him to please not implicate [them].” Cf. Testimony of Juan Arrom Suhurt of February 4, 2002 before the Criminal Guarantee Judge (evidence file, fs. 4032 to 4037). 137 On that occasion, Mr. Arrom Suhurt declared that they all acted with their faces uncovered. He indicated that at the time of the capture, Deputy Commissioner Gamarra, David Schémbori, Javier Cazal were present and one last person whose photograph appeared a few days ago in the newspaper Última Hora, a man named Francisco Servián.” Cf. Reconstruction of events of April 18, 2002 (evidence file, f. 5520). 138 On that occasion, Mr. Arrom Suhurt declared that he ratified his previous statement and added that: the person who he identified through a photo in the newspaper, the person they called KABUL, is Deputy Officer José David Schémbori, who was there when they tortured him in the river and was accompanied by Francisco Servián. He pointed out that on Friday, when he left the house, some people identified themselves as being from an anti-terrorist secretariat. He indicated that that day, when they were visiting Mr. Víctor Colman's area, “in order for [him] to identify his house[,] at a given moment [they] lifted the packing tape from the left side of his eye so that he could say if one of the houses [was that of] Víctor Colman.” At that moment, he realized that on his left side was a person he met in March 2000, Army Lieutenant Colonel Mario Restituto González Benítez. He stated that the person who gave him the phone to speak with Minister Fanego was Francisco Servián. He explained that when they passed the phone they told him that he would speak with Minister Fanego and that he recognized the voice “from having heard it on several previous occasions on the radio and television.” He affirmed that they pressured him to sign statements that prosecutor Hugo Velázquez already had ready. He indicated that he saw the officer Pablo Morínigo in the first place where they were held, saw him on several occasions and when they took him to speak with Minister Ferreira. He reiterated that the first day he was tortured by Deputy Commissioner Gamarra and that he saw Javier Cazal in the second house. He explained that he had packing tape over his eyes but it was loose. He added that on the day of the release, Deputy Commissioner Gamarra went to inspect the wounds and, after Arrom's complained, he told him that they would take him to the public prosecutor's office soon. Cf. Testimony of Juan Arrom Suhurt of May 23, 2002, before the Public Prosecutor’s Office (evidence file, fs. 5785 to 5795). 139 On that occasion, Mr. Arrom Suhurt declared that the head of the group that captured him was Deputy Commissioner Antonio Gamarra, who appeared several times, including on January 30. On one occasion, Arrom asked what day they were going to appear before the prosecutor, to which he replied that on Friday or Monday because the wounds needed to heal. He reiterated that he met with Minister Ferreira and that when Francisco Servián returned he handed him a phone to talk to Minister Fanego. He explained that “the agents who kidnapped [them] and who tortured [them] showed up with their faces uncovered. On all the days that [they were] kidnapped, all of them acted with their faces uncovered.” He indicated that he “did not know anyone by name, except for one that I identified on January 18, 2002, who was a soldier whom I had seen at a given moment in the lobby of Minister Silvio Ferreira's office”. He pointed out that on January 30, Deputy Commissioner Gamarra was in the house and Deputy Officer José David Schémbori. He also reiterated that they pressured him to sign statements that prosecutor Hugo Velázquez had prepared. cf. Statement by Juan Arrom Suhurt rendered at the public hearing held in this case. 135