44 On March 15, 2005, the actuary of the Supreme Court of Justice informed its President that the General Secretariat had received a request for the extradition of Alfredo Stroessner, issued by the Third Criminal Tribunal (de Liquidación y Sentencia) on November 29, 2001. 61(79) The documentation provided to the Inter-American Court does not reveal whether the extradition of Alfredo Stroessner or Sabino Augusto Montanaro was actually requested, in the context of this criminal proceedings. 61(80) At the time this judgment is delivered, the defendants Pastor Milciades Coronel, Francisco Alcibíades Brítez Borges and Benito Guanes Serrano are deceased; consequently, the criminal proceedings have extinguished in their respect. Judgment has not been delivered regarding the defendant, Francisco Ortiz Téllez. Furthermore, the preliminary proceedings continue open in relation to Sabino Augusto Montanaro and Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, who have been declared “in contempt of court.” The former has been granted asylum in Honduras, and it is public knowledge that the defendant, Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, died on August 16, 2006, in Brasilia, Brazil. Concerning the criminal proceedings in the case of Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro 61(81) On March 27, 1990, Ana Arminda Bareiro de Mancuello filed a formal complaint for the alleged crimes of abduction, illegal deprivation of liberty, abuse of authority, torture and murder suffered by Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro. Mrs. Bareiro de Mancuello also requested that the preventive detention should be ordered of the defendants, Alfredo Stroessner and Sabino Augusto Montanaro, domiciled in Brasilia, Brazil, and Tegucigalpa, Honduras, respectively; General Francisco Alcibíades Brítez Borges, who was detained in the Central Military Hospital; Pastor Milcíades Coronel, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero, who was a typist and, subsequently, director of the Political and Related Matters Section of the Investigations Department; Lucilo Benítez, who was responsible for the security and escort of the Head of the Investigations Department, Pastor Milciades Coronel; Camilo Almada Morel, who was the presidential security guard for foreign dignitaries; Agustín Belotto Vouga, who was a reserve officer of the Asunción Police, carrying out “external security tasks,” and Eusebio Torres. All of them were detained in the Specialized Unit of the Asunción Police, the former “Guardia de Seguridad” prison. 61(82) On December 3, 1990, the Fifth Criminal Court of First Instance instituted the preliminary investigation and admitted the criminal complaint. On August 17, 1993, it decided to conclude the preliminary investigation with regard to the defendants Pastor Milciades Coronel, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero, Lucilo Benítez, Camilo Almada Morel and Agustín Belotto Vouga, and to put the case to trial, leaving it open in relation to Eusebio Torres, Alfredo Stroessner, Sabino Augusto Montanaro, Francisco Alcibíades Brítez Borges, Ramón Saldivar, who was the Inspector General of Police Stations, and Salvador Mendoza, who was Director of the Identification Department. 61(83) During December 1990, February, March, May and June 1991, and April and May 1993, testimonial, unsworn, and informative statements were received. In March 1993, an expanded unsworn statement was received. Subsequently, during October, November and December 1997, further testimonial statements were received.