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Roberto Carlos Bux; and
Alberto Bovino.
57.
On August 3, 1999, the Secretariat sent the final version of the transcript of
the public hearings to the parties, informing them that they had one month to
present their final written arguments. This period was extended twice, following two
requests presented by the Commission.
58.
On September 21, 1999, Guatemala presented its final arguments. The
Commission did so in English on September 20 and in Spanish on November 101.
V
The Evidence
A) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
59.
The Commission presented a copy of documents related to the following, as
annexes to the application and as evidence:
a.
Domestic judicial proceedings relating to the homicide of
Henry Giovanni Contreras, Federico Clemente Figueroa
Túnchez, Julio Roberto Caal Sandoval and Jovito Josué Juárez
Cifuentes and to the homicide of Anstraum Aman Villagrán
Morales.
In this respect, copies of the files created during the judicial proceedings conducted
by the following courts were presented:
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the First Magistrate’s
Guatemala)2;
Court
of
Mixco
(Department
of
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the Trial Court of the Municipality of Mixco (Department of
Guatemala)3;
1.
The Childrights International Research Institute presented an amicus curiae brief on January 21,
1999.
2.
Cf. Report of June 16, 1990, of the First Magistrate’s Court of Mixco, on the discovery of two
bodies in the San Nicolás Woods; Report of June 17, 1990, of the First Magistrate’s Court of Mixco, on the
discovery of two bodies in the San Nicolás Woods; court order of June 26, 1990, requiring the National
Police Force to investigate the circumstances resulting in the discovery of the bodies on June 16 and 17;
Forensic Report of June 20, 1990, on a body found on June 17, 1990; Forensic Report of June 19, 1990,
on a body found on June 17, 1990; letter of June 28, 1990, from the Police Force to the First Magistrate’s
Court of Mixco, regarding the identification of the bodies found on June 16 and 17, 1990; birth certification
of Henry Giovanni Contreras; authenticated certificate issued by the Secretary of the Identification Office
of the National Police Force on July 13, 1990, certifying the identification of Julio Roberto Caal Sandoval as
one of the bodies found on June 17, 1990; exhumation order of July 27, 1990, issued by the Criminal Trial
Court at the request of Rosa Carlota Sandoval; official communication of the Fourth National Police Corps
of August 15, 1990, certifying that the exhumation had been carried out, the body was identified by Rosa
Carlota Sandoval, who stated that it was her son, Julio Roberto Caal Sandoval - the body was then buried;
another Magistrate’s order of August 9, 1990, to perform an exhumation and the certificate that the
exhumation had been carried out issued by the Ninth Magistrate for Criminal Matters on August 14, 1990.
3.
Cf. Forensic Report of June 26, 1990, on a body found on June 16, 1990; birth certificate of Julio
Roberto Caal Sandoval; statement of July 19, 1990, by the mother of Henry Giovanni Contreras before the
Criminal Trial Court of the Municipality of Mixco; statement made by Rosa Carlota Sandoval on July 20,
1990, before the Judge of the First Criminal Trial Court; Report of March 4, 1991, of the Criminal
Investigation Department of the National Police Force in the case of the youths found in the San Nicolás