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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.
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