Army’s DOI/CODI, Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri, 141 and Clarice Herzog.142 Journalist Marco Antonio de Souza Rocha was also called to testify.143 95. According to the testimony given by Lieutenant Colonel Audir Santos Maciel on October 24, 1975, DOI agents went to Vladimir Herzog’s home on October 24, 1974, “to invite him to come to the DOI to explain journalists’ involvement and participation in the PCB.” 144 Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri stated that he was the only person who questioned Herzog. He also said that the journalist did not suffer “any abuse or physical or moral coercion” while at the DOI. 145 He also said that he had no “knowledge of any fact that would suggest that VLADIMIR HERZOG’s cause of death was not […] suicide by hanging.” 146 96. Years later, journalists Luiz Weis, Anthony Jorge Andrade de Christo and Paulo Sérgio Markun, who were also in custody at the Second Army’s DOI/CODI/SP, stated that they felt coerced and intimidated by the military authorities when they gave their testimony. 147 Clarice Herzog, for her part, stated, inter alia, that she knew that Herzog was tortured but refused “to give the names of the persons who recounted these events to her, for fear that they might be killed.” 148 For her part, Zora Herzog, the journalist’s mother, stated that her written statements had been tampered with. 149 97. Vladimir Herzog’s death certificated was issued on December 9, 1975. It lists “death by hanging” as the cause of death.150 98. On December 16, 1975, General Fernando Cerqueira, who was heading up the military police investigation, issued a report in which he concluded that Herzog’s cause of death had been “voluntary suicide by hanging.”151 In December 1975, the Commander of the Second Army ordered the investigation closed. 152 99. On January 23, 1976, Clarice Herzog presented an out-of-court statement made by journalist Rodolfo Osvaldo Konder, dated November 7, 1975, and asked that it be added to the investigation. 153 In that statement, Mr. Konder declared, inter alia, the torture that he had suffered at the DOI/CODI/SP, the contacts he had with Vladimir Herzog inside the DOI/CODI/SP by order of Mira Grancieri, and stated that he had heard 141 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 567/569, Declaración de Pedro Grancieri en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 21 de noviembre de 1975. 142 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 576/580, Declaración de Clarice Herzog en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 27 de noviembre de 1975. 143 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 546/547, Declaración de Marco Antonio de Souza Rocha en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 7 de noviembre de 1975. 144 Texto original: “[a] fim de convidá-lo a comparecer ao DOI para prestar esclarecimentos sobre o envolvimento [,] a participação [,] de jornalistas no PCB”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 537, Declaración de Audir Santos Maciel en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 5 de noviembre de 1975. 145 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 567/569, Declaración de Pedro Grancieri en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 21 de noviembre de 1975. 146 Texto original: “nao tem conhecimento de qualquer fato que possa concluir que a morte de VLADIMIR HERZOG tenha ocorrido senao por voluntario suicidio por meio de enforcamento”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 569, Declaración de Pedro Grancieri en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 21 de noviembre de 1975. 147 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 2, fls. 445 y Volume 5, fls. 918-verso, Declaración de Anthony Christo, en el Inquérito Policial No. 704/92; Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 2, fls. 448 y Volume 5, fls. 921-verso, Declaración de Paulo Sergio Markun en el Inquérito Policial No. 704/92, del 30 de junio de 1992; Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 916-verso, Declaración de Luis Weis en el Inquérito Policial No. 704/92, del 3 de junio de 1992. 148 Texto original: “[s]e recusa[va] a fornecer o nome das pessoas que a informaram, com medo de que essas pessoas [viessem] a ser mortas”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 578, Declaración de Clarice Herzog en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 27 de noviembre de 1975. 149 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 575, Declaración de Zora Herzog en el Inquérito Policial Militar, del 5 de noviembre de 1975. 150 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 3, fls. 629, Certidão de óbito de Vladimir Herzog, del 9 de diciembre de 1975. 151 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 1, fls. 163 Relatório do Inquérito Policial Militar, del 16 de diciembre de 1975. 152 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 1, fls. 133, Solução do Quartel General do II Exército, del 17 de diciembre de 1975. 153 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 4, fls. 652, Requerimento de Clarice Herzog, del 23 de enero de 1976. 22