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b)
the detention, torture and extrajudicial disappearance of Bámaca
Velásquez35;
c)
the autopsy and the exhumations conducted in the Bámaca Velásquez
Case in Guatemala36;
34
Cf. Testimonies of Santiago Cabrera López, given to the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights and to the Office of the Guatemalan Prosecutor General, Annexes 1, 2 and 3; Watson, F.
Alexander, “U.S. Policy Toward Guatemala: The Cases of Michael Devine and Efraín Bámaca.” Statement
before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Washington, D.C., April 5, 1995. Published in U.S.
State Department Dispatch. Vol. 6, No. 6, April 17, 1995, Annex 8; testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García,
given to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on September 8, 1995, and recorded on
videotape, Annex 9; testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García, given to the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo
Arango Escobar, in the Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; supplementary statement by Nery
Ángel Urízar García to the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, Public Ministry, May 24,
1995, Annex 12; Report of the U.S. Department of Defense, November 1994, Annex 15; statement sworn
before a Notary with the testimony of Pedro Tartón Jutzuy “Arnulfo”, of February 23, 1998; statement
sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza “Bayardo”, of February 24, 1998;
testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza, to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on
February 23, 1998, and recorded on videotape; Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Tome
VII; and letter of the U.S. Senator, Robert Torricelli, of June 17, 1998.
35
Cf. Testimonies of Santiago Cabrera López given to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
and to the Office of the Guatemalan Prosecutor General, Annexes 1, 2 and 3; Watson, F. Alexander, “U.S.
Policy Toward Guatemala: The Cases of Michael Devine and Efraín Bámaca”. Statement before the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence Washington, D.C., April 5, 1995. Published in U.S. State Department
Dispatch. Vol. 6, No. 6, April 17, 1995, Annex 8; testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García, given to the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on September 8, 1995, and recorded on videotape, Annex
9; testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García, given to the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar,
in the Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; supplementary statement by Nery Ángel Urízar García
given to the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, in the Public Ministry on May 24, 1995,
Annex 12; transcript of the State Department daily information meeting, by Christine Shelly, Federal News
Service, of November 14, 1994, Annex 13; cable of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (hereinafter
“CIA”) to the U.S. State Department of March 18, 1992, Annex 14; report of the U.S. Department of
Defense, November 1994, Annex 15; Final report of the Ombudsman on the special pre-trial investigation
procedure, December 9, 1994, Annex 16; letter from Representative Robert Torricelli to President William
Clinton, of March 22, 1995, Annex 17; CIA report of January 25, 1995, Annex 18; United States
intelligence information of January 1995 presented in response to a request under the U.S. Freedom of
Information Act, Annex 35; letter of May 23, 1995 from Anne W. Patterson, Deputy Under-Secretary of
the U.S. State Department to Jennifer Harbury, Annex 38; report on the press conference of Ramiro de
León Carpio of March 29, 1995, Annex 42; document of the U.S. Department of Defense, July 1995,
Annex 44; CIA report of March 7, 1995, Comments of the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense, Annex 50;
Human Rights Watch/Americas, Disappeared in Guatemala: The Case of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, March
1995, Annex 51; statement sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Pedro Tartón Jutzuy “Arnulfo”, of
February 23, 1998; statement sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza
“Bayardo”, of February 24, 1998; testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights on February 23, 1998, recorded on videotape; Report of the Commission for
Historical Clarification, Tome VII; REMHI Report Tome II; letter from the U.S. Senator, Robert Torricelli, of
June 17, 1998; and letter of May 11, 1992, from Ramiro de León Carpio, Ombudsman, to Francisco
Villagrán Muñoz.
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Cf. Transcripts of the reports of the Magistrate and the autopsy that appear in case file No. 39592 given to Jennifer Harbury on August 23, 1993, Annex 4; written testimony of Patricia Davis of August
24, 1993, Annex 5; judicial record of the exhumation in Retalhuleu on August 17, 1993, Annex 6; report
of the forensic expert, Michael Charney, to the Second Criminal Trial Court of Retalhuleu, August 18,
1993, Annex 7; Watson, F. Alexander, “U.S. Policy Toward Guatemala: The Cases of Michael Devine and
Efraín Bámaca”. Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Washington, D.C., April 5,
1995. Published in U.S. State Department Dispatch. Vol. 6, No. 6, April 17, 1995, Annex 8; testimony of
Nery Ángel Urízar García to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of September 8, 1995,
recorded on videotape, Annex 9; testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García given to the special prosecutor,
Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, in the Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; identity document of
Cristóbal Che Pérez, Annex 11; supplementary statement by Nery Ángel Urízar García given to the special
prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, in the Public Ministry on May 24, 1995, Annex 12; Final report
of the Ombudsman on the special pre-trial investigation procedure, December 9, 1994, Annex 16;
memorandum by Alexander F. Watson of the U.S. State Department of November 4, 1994, Annex 26;