aangever, benadeelde partij of eiser in een civiele procedure tegen de aangeklaagde is, of

dat het misdrijf lijkt te zijn gepleegd tegen de getuige of tegen een familielid van dezelfde of
dichtere graad dan die hem verbindt met de aangeklaagde.-----------------------------------------------

Voordat de verklaring afgenomen wordt zal de rechter, op straffe van nietigheid, deze

personen erop wijzen dat zij recht op verschoning genieten, hetgeen schriftelijk wordt
vastgelegd.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Artikel 244. Verschoningsplicht. Geen verklaring betreffende geheime feiten, waarvan zij
kennis hebben genomen in de uitoefening van hun beroep, mag afgelegd worden, op straffe

van nietigheid, door ministers van geaccepteerde religies, advocaten, procureurs en

notarissen, artsen, apothekers, verloskundigen en andere medische hulpverleners; door
militairen en openbare ambtenaren betreffende staatsgeheimen.----------------------------------------

Maar, deze personen mogen niet weigeren om een verklaring af te leggen indien zij
vrijgesteld worden van hun beroepsgeheim door de geïnteresseerde, met uitzondering van
de eerstgenoemden.------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- ------ ---------------------

Indien een getuige zich onterecht beroept op deze plicht met betrekking tot een feit dat daar
niet ondervalt, zal de rechter hem zonder meer verhoren.--------------------------------------------------

Artikel 245, Dagvaarding. Voor het verhoor van getuigen zal de rechter een dagvaarding

afgegeven overeenkomstig artikel 154, met uitzondering van de gevallen voorzien in de
artikelen 250 en 251.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maar in urgente gevallen kunnen getuigen op iedere andere wijze opgeroepen worden,

mondeling inbegrepen.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Een getuige kan zich tevens spontaan presenteren, hetgeen schriftelijk vastgelegd zal

worden.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- ----------------------Artikel 246. Verklaring door middel van een rechtshulpverzoek of mandaat. In het geval dat
de getuige verblijft op een plaats ver van de rechtbank of indien het transport moeilijk is, zal

het afnemen van zijn verklaring afgevaardigd worden door middel van een rechtshulpverzoek

of mandaat aan de rechterlijke autoriteit van zijn verblijfplaats, tenzij de rechter het
noodzakeiijk oordeelt dat hij compareert vanwege de ernst van het feit dat onderzocht wordt

en vanwege het belang van de getuigenverklaring. In dat geval zal hij een redelijke
schadevergoeding toewijzen aan de gedagvaarde persoon.------------------------------------------Artikel 247. Dwangmaatregel, indien de getuige niet verschijnt na de eerste dagvaarding,

zal men handelen conform artikel 154, onverminderd zijn eventuele berechting.----------------Indien de getuige na zijn verschijning weigert een verklaring af te leggen, zal hij in gijzeling

worden gehouden tot hooguit twee dagen, waarna, indien hij vasthoudt aan zijn weigering, er
een strafrechtelijke procedure tegen hem ingesteld zal worden.---------------------------------------

Artikel 248. Onmiddellijke arrestatie. De onmiddellijke aanhouding van een getuige kan
verordend worden indien hij geen domicilie heeft of indien er gegronde vrees bestaat dat hij

zich zal schuilhouden, vluchten of verdwijnen. Deze maatregel zal de onontbeerlijke tijd
duren noodzakelijk voor het afnemen van de verklaring, welke nooit de vierentv^intig uur mag

overschrijden.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artikel 249. Vorm van de verklaring. Voorafgaand aan het afnemen van de verklaring zal de
getuige ingelicht worden over de straffen op meineed en zal hij de eed afleggen dat hij de
waarheid zal zeggen, hiervan worden uitgezonderd de ontoerekeningsvatbare minderjarigen

en de veroordeelden als deelnemers aan het misdrijf dat onderzocht wordt of dat daarmee
verband houdt.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------De rechter zal iedere getuige apart verhoren, hem om zijn voor- en achternaam, burgerlijke

staat, leeftijd, beroep, adres, familieband en belangen met de partijen vragen, evenals om
iedere andere feit dat nuttig zou kunnen zijn om geloofwaardigheid te beoordelen.-------------

Waarna hij hem over het feit zal verhoren overeenkomstig het bepaalde in artikel 118. —

Van elke verklaring wordt een akte opgemaakt overeenkomstig de artikelen 138 en 139.----[Sovenaan op alle pagina 's;]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Een ovale stempel met de tekst:] Rechterlijke Macht van de Natie - Federale Rechtbank in

Strafrecht nummer 5 - Hoofdstad Buenos Aires.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- onleesbare handtekening]------------

- ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secretaris —-

Ik,

beëdigd vertaalster voor de Nederlands-

Spaanse taai, ingeschreven bij het College van Beëdigde Vertalers van de stad Buenos

Aires onder nummer

verklaar bij deze dat het voorafgaande een volledige en getrouwe

vertaling naar het Nederlands is van het aangehechte document in de Spaanse taal. Buenos
Aires. Argentinië, 22 juni 2014.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Uitsluitend voor de desbetreffende legalisatie; Exclusivamente a los efectos de la

correspondiente legalización: Es traducción fiel al idioma neerlandés del documento adjunto
redactado en idioma castellano, que tuve ante mi y al cual me remito. Ciudad Autónoma de

Buenos Aires, Argentina, et 22 de junio de 2014. —

11

Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

tie Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie
Directie Juridische en Operationele Aangelegenheden
Afdeling Internationale Rechtshulp In Strafzaken (AIRS)

Postbus 20301
2500 EH Den Haag

plrectle Juridische Zaken
«deling DJZ/CR

lurisnr.^ OH 030/7 ö T”
------------ -Contactpersoon

T 070
F 070 ... ..
giminbu2a.nl

Datum 16 september 2014
Betreft Rechtshulpverzoek van Argentinië inzake Julio Alberto Poch;

Onze referentie
DJZ/NR/ek-14/458

Uw referentie

Bijlage(n}
divers

Bijgaand treft u aan een note verbale met kenmerk AE53/2014 van de Argentijnse
autoriteiten, gedateerd 12 september 2014, met bijlage, betreffende
bovengenoemd rechtshulpverzoek, naar de inhoud waarvan ik kortheidshalve
verwijs.

Met vriendelijke groet.

Beleidsmedewerker
Directie Juridische Zaken
Afdeling Nederlands Recht (DJZ/NR)

Pagina 1 van 1

Embassy
of the
Argentine Republic

AE 53/2014

The

Embassy

of

the

Argentine

Republic

presents

its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Civil Law Division - and has the honour to refer to
the case “ESMA UNIFICADA -N° 1282 y sus acumuladas” handled by the Fedetal Criminal Court
— No. 5, from Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.

The Embassy kindly requcst the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to

deal with the above mentioned Request of Assistance in relation to obtain statements ffom witnesses in
accordance to the framework of the Convenüon for the Extradidon of Criminals, signed in 7

September 1893 by the Argentine Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Accordingly, the

request of assistance to the competent authorities from the judiciary of Rotterdam consist to procure

additional witnesses testimonies by means of a video link conference.

The Embassy of the Argentine Republic avails itself of this

opportunity to renew to the Nlinistry of Foreign Affairs — Civil Law Division — the assurances of its
highest consideration.

The Hague, September 12, 2014

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Civil Law Division
P.O. Box 20061
2500 EB The Hague
Javastraat 20 - 2585 AN - The Hague
T: 070 - 3118411 F: 070 — 311 8410 E: epbaj@mrecic.gov.ar

Dubbel, Spaans

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I ' //K-/’/f J I Z1

TRADUCCIÓN PUBLICA - BEËDIGDE VERTALING-------------------------------------------------

[Een ovale stempel met de tekst:] Rechterlijke Macht van de Natie - Federale Rechtbank in
Strafrecht nummer 5 - Hoofdstad Buenos Aires.--------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------internationaal RECHTSHULPVERZOEK-------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN STRAFZAKEN-------------------------------------------------VERZOEKENDE AUTORITEIT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Naam en functie:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

voorzitter)-------------------------------------------------------------------

Federale Rechtbank in Strafrecht nummer 5------------------------------------------------------------Contactgegevens:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telefoon/Fax

----------------------------------------------

E-mail:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Adres:

----------

AANGEZOCHTE AUTORITEIT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Naam en functie:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------De desbetreffende rechterlijke autoriteit met jurisdictie in de stad Rotterdam, Nederland.----Afdeling:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IDENTIFICATIE VAN HET STRAFPROCES------------------------------------------------------------Nummers van de rechtszaak:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1282, 1349, 1415, 1492, 1510, 1545, 1668, 1689 en 1714-------------------------------------------Rechtszaak:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

“ESMA geünificeerd” [N.v.d.V: Afkoding voor “Escuela Mecanica de la Armada”: Technische

School van de Marine].----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I)

FEITEN DIE ONDERZOCHT WORDEN--------------------------------------------------

Idem aan het rechtshulpverzoek d.d. 17-06-2014.--------------------------------------

II)

MAATREGELEN WAAROM VERZOCHT WORDT-----------------------------------Idem aan het rechtshulpverzoek d.d. 17-06-2014.--------------------------------------

III)

PARTIJEN IN DE RECHTSZAAK--------------------------------------------------------Idem aan het rechtshulpverzoek d.d. 17-06-2014.--------------------------------------

IV)

TOEPASSELIJKE NORMEN--------------------------------------------------------------Idem aan het rechtshulpverzoek d.d. 17-06-2014.--------------------------------------

V)

VERDRAG WAAROP HET VERZOEK GEBASEERD IS EN AANBOD VAN
WEDERKERIGHEID--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Idem aan het rechtshulpverzoek d.d. 17-06-2014.--------------------------------------

VI)

VERDERE TOELICHTINGEN--------------------------------------------------------------

De contactgegevens van de Algemene Technologische Dienst van de Raad van de

Magistratuur van cte Rechterlijke Macht van de Natie, die belast is met het technische
gedeelte van de videoconfprantioc- ''-rnail:

ContactqeqevenR van ho

Telefoon:

VII)

BIJGEVOEGDE DOCUMENTEN---------------------

VIII)

KOPIE VAN DE BESCHIKKING WAARIN HET VERZOEK VERORDEND

WORDT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Buenos Aires, 19 augustus 2014. Gelet op het schrijven op blad 6510 en de verordening op

blad 6517, tweede paragraaf, wordt er een rechtshulpverzoek uitgegeven als aanvulling op
het verzoek van 17 juni van dit jaar, waarin om internationale samenwerking verzocht wordt

aan de autoriteiten met jurisdictie in Rotterdam, Nederland, om de noodzakelijke
maatregelen te treffen voor het afnemen van getuigenverklaringen via het systeem van
videoconferenties van de getuigen; 29 september 2014;

1 oktober 2014;

8 oktober 2014;
en

16 oktober 2014

22 oktober 2014;

De verhoren dienen om 08.00 uur (Argentijnse tijd) en 13.00 uur (Nederlandse tijd) te

beginnen. Men laat de aangezochte autoriteiten weten dat de getuigenverklaringen

afgenomen zullen worden volgens de normen van het Argentijnse strafproces, in

aanwezigheid van een Nederlandse rechter en officier van justitie. Tijdens het afnemen van
de verklaringen mogen ook aanwezig zijn mr.

advocate van de getuigen

en
advocaat van de aangeklaagde Poen, zuj mogen niet aan het verhoor deelnemen en hun
klanten niet adviseren gedurende het afleggen van hun verklaring. Als laatste laat men de

Nederlandse autoriteiten weten dat men de volgorde van de getuigen mag veranderd indien

één van hen nio> kan verschijnen op de voor hem vastgestelde datum. Getekend,
rechter. Voor mij:

secretaris.-------------------------------

PLAATS EN DATUM;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Buenos Aires, 19 augustus 2014.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------- onleesbare handtekeninq]--------------------

[Een onleesbare handtekening]

-------------------------------------- Secretaris------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[De achterkant van het tweede blad is onbeschreven],------------------------------------------------------

Ik,

beëdigd vertaalster voor de Nederiands-

Spuciioc iaat, ingeschreven bij het College van Beëdigde Vertalers van de stad Buenos
Aires onder numme

verklaar bij deze dat het voorafgaande een volledige en getrouwe

vertaling naar het Nederlands is van het aangehechte document in de Spaanse taal. Buenos

Aires, Argentinië, 20 augustus 2014.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Uitsluitend voor de desbetreffende legalisatie; Exclusivamente a los efectos de la
correspondiente legalización; Es traducción fiel al idioma neerlandés del documento adjunto
redactado en idioma castellano, que tuve ante mi y al cual me remito. Ciudad Autónoma rip

Buenos Aires, Argentina, el 20 de agosto de 2014.-—

12

Ministerie van Buitenlar dse

I
Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie
Directie Juridische en Operationele Aangelegenheden
Afdeling Internationate Rechtshulp in Strafzaken
Postbus 20301
2500 EH Den Haag

220
Directie Juridische Zaken
Afdeling D3Z/CR

Postbus 20051
2500 EB Oen Haag
Nederland
www.minbuza.nl
Contactpersoon
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Datum 22 september 2014
Betreft Rechtshulpverzoek van Argentinië inzake Julio Alberto Poch

Onze referentie
DJZ/NR/ak-14/464

Uw referentie
KLR-IBijlage(n)
divers

Bijgaand treft u aan een note verbale met kenmerk AE 54/2014 van de
Argentijnse autoriteiten, gedateerd 19 september 2014, met bijlage, betreffende
bovengenoemd rechtshulpverzoek, naar de inhoud waarvan ik kortheidshalve
verwijs.

I «4 ,

Beleidsmedewerker
Directie Juridische Zaken
Afdeling Nederlands Recht (DJZ/NR)

Pagina l van 1

Embassy
of the
Argentine Republic

AE 54/2014

The

Embassy

of

the

Aigentine

Republic

presents

its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Civil Law Division - and bas the honour to refer to

the case “ESMA UNIFICADA —N“ 1282 y sus acumuladas” handled by the Federal Criminal Court

— No. 5, from Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.

The Embassy kindly request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to
deal with the current Letter Rogatory in the above mentioned case in accordance to the framework of

the Convention for the Extradition of Criminals, signed in 7 September 1893 by the Argentine

Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The Embassy of the Argentine Republic avails itself of this
opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Civil Law Division - the assurances of its
highest consideration.

The Hague, September 19, 2014

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Civil Law Division
P.O. Box 20061
2500 EB The Hague

Javastraat 20 - 2585 AN - The Hague
T: 070 - 3118411 F: 070 - 311 8410 E: epbai@m.recic.gov.ar

TRADUCCIÓN---------------- ------ --------- ------ ---------------------------- -----------------

REQUEST FOR MUTUAL

LEGAL INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

IN

CRIMINAL MATTERS.------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------REQUESTING AUTHORITY------- ------ ------ ----- ------------------------------------------

Name and position:

j

... - Prosecutor.------ ---- -----------------------------

Office: Unit for the Assistance in Cases Regarding ^iolations of Human Rights during
State Terrorism. Trial Prosecutor ’s Office. ESMA UNIFICADA. National Public
Prosecutor ’s Office.------- ------- --------------------------- ---- ------------------ ------ --------

Contact Details: Tel/Fax
E-mail:________

. j----------------- -------- ---------------

•;

;--------- ----- ---- ---- -------- --------------

Postal address:

,

REQUESTED AUTHORITY: —

----------- --------------------------------- ---------------

---- ------------------------- ------ ----------- ----

Name and position: To the judicial authority with competence in Rotterdam City,
Netherlands.------ --------- --------- ------ -.......... -...... -........................................ -....... ......

IDENTIFICATION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: -----------------------------------Number of the case: Cases Number 1282, 1349, 1415, 1492, 1510, 1545, 1668, 1689 and
1714 pending before the Oral Federal Court N° 5 of Buenos Aires city. ---------------------

Tittle: “ESMA UNIFICADA”-------------- ---- ----- --------- ----- ------------- ----------------

I) FACTS UNDER IN VESTIG ATION:------------------------- ------------- ------- ----------1) Historical Context: The offenses which are part of this procedure were committed by

the State and meant not only the reiterated violation of human rights but also, due to the

significance, volume and seriousness, crimes against humanity pursuant the international
law. In such sense, the crimes against humanity are offenses of international law and this

arises from its content, nature and conditions of liability which are set forth by the
international law, with indcpendence from what might be set forth by the internal

legislation of the states.-------- ---- --------------- -------------- ------------ ------ ----- ----- —
In that regard, we have collected numerous testimonies which credit for the systematic plan

of repression installed in the most ferocious of the military dictatorships that took place in
this country. --------- ------ ---- ------------------------------ ------- -

2) Mechanic School of the Army (Escuela de Mecanica de la Armada - E.S.M.AJ
It worked as clandestine detention and extermination center of persons and was under the

responsibility of the diverse instance of the chain of command of the Armed Forces, whose
heads were the successive Chief Commanders who also were part of the Military Boards.
The E.S.M.A was where the 3.3/2 Taskforce was located, which was formed by Naval

officers and from other security forces which worked in a coordinated manner.------------3) 3.3/2 Taskforce-------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------

The effective force of the 3.3 Taskforcc was formeel by staff that was part of the ESMA

and Naval School of War which was reinforced by staff of other divisions which were

under the scope of the Naval Operations Command Center when the situation requested it
so in a transitive and rotating marmer. There three sections: “intelligence”, “operations”

and “logistics”.

------- ------------- ----- ------------------

-

The concentration camp also had the participation of different health care professionals
who took care that the captive persons survived when being subinitted to brutal sessions of
torture - in order to extract information

they assisted the pregnant captive persons in a

clandestine raaternity ward and applied doses of substances that made the victims sleepy
and facilitated a state of being helpless in order to dispose of their lives through the

mentioned "death flights” (vuelos de la muerte). —

------- ---------- ----- ----

4) Facts under investigation regarding Julio Poch.---- ------ -------------------------------In the mentioned context, Julio Alberto Poch in his capacity as Aeronautic Officer of the

Argentine Armed Force is accused of being the pilot during 1976 to 1978 in the flights
which used the elimination system of persons named "death flights”. This was one of the

methods used by the civil-military dictatorship that ruled the country in order to get rid of
the victims that were previously illegally deprived from their liberty by the 3.3/2 Taskforce

(a task force that worked at ES MA). The mentioned flights departed from different airports
or military bases which had runways where the victims were entered - who were sedated

through a substance known as pentothal - and where later on thrown alive into the water
during the flight.----- --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------- ---------------------------------

----------- ------------------------------

The facts of which Poch is accused of are:

.----------------------------- ----------- ----

Case Number 23:

'

. was illegally deprived from his liberty with violence, abuse of

....

authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on May 30'*', 1976 at 8PM in the
corner of Las Heras and Lafinur -

.

...

...

. - by five

members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce who were armed and dressed as civilians and who
identified themselves as security guards. --------- ------ -

-

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, wearing a hood; he stayed in clandestine detention

under inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions
in the place). On January 1977 he was allegedly transferred in the “death flights”. Until

today he is still missing.------------------------ ---- ------------------------------------- ----------

—--------- ---------------- ------- -----------

Case Number 24: TAPIA;
....

.

” was illegally deprived from his liberty with

violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by law on May 30'*', 1976
by members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce.----- ---- -

--------- ------------------------------------- -

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the

place). On January 1977 he was allegedly transferred in the "death flights”. Until today he
is still missing.----- ----------------------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------

,

Case Number 25;

j

,---------------------------- -----------------

. was illegally deprived from his liberty on June 7“^, 1976 at

night hours in the intersection of Avenida Mitre and Hipolito Yrigoyen of Florida, Vicente
Ixrpez, by a group of persons - members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce - who got him on board a
car which fled with unknown destination.------------ -------- --------------------- ------ -

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the
place). He was finally “transferred” in December 1976. Until today he is still missing.-----

Case Number 31:

,

- ------- -------- -------- -----------------------------------

. was illegally deprived from her liberty with violence, abuse of authority and

without the formalities set forth by the law, on June 25**’, 1976 by members of the 3.3/2
Taskforce. ------- ---- ---------------------------- --------------------------------------------------Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the

place). Finally, she was “transferred” on July 1976. Until today she is still missing. —
,

Case Number 32:

.

member of the Juventud

Peronista was illegally deprived from his liberty with violence, abuse of authority and
without the formalities set forth by the law, on June 25“’ or 26“’’ 1976 at 7PM in a bar

located at Patricios 500 by members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce heavily armed who said they

were members of a security agency.

-

—-------- ------------------------------- ----

Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under

inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the
place). Finally, he was “transferred” between July or August 1976. He is still missing.----, ------------ ---- -------------------------------------

Case Number 58:

j Delegate of the Internal Commission of La Nacion newpaper, was
illegally deprived from his liberty with violence, abuse of authority and without the

formalities set forth by the law, on July 30“' 1976 in the strcet in Buenos Aires, by

members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce.

-

----------- ------ ----- ------------ ----- ------------

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the

place) and was submitted to torture while being interrogated. He is still missing.—

......

-------------------------------------------

Case Number 59:

, law student, was illegally deprived from her liberty with

.

violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on July ST',
1976 at 9AM at her work place ...
by four members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce dressed as civilians who identified
themselves as members of Federal Security (Segiiridad Federal). -----------------------------

Afterwards they got her on board a green Ford Falcon and was taken to the ESMA, where
she stayed in clandestine detention under inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor
feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the place). Finally, she was “transferred” on

December 1976. Until today she is still missing.------------------------------------- -------- —
,

Case Number 65:

. .----- ------- ----------------- ----------- ---- --------------

..! was illegally deprived from her liberty with violence, abuse of authority and

without the formalities set forth bv the law. nn August 16'*’, 1976 at her domicile located at
hy members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce.-----

Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions (submitted to very poor feeding, hygiene and lodge conditions in the

place). She is still missing.------------------------ ------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ---------------

,

Case Number 118:

; ------------------------------ ------ -------- —

; was illegally deprived from his liberty with violence, abuse of authority and
without the formalities set forth by the law, on October 1976 by members of the 3.3/2

Taskforce.

------ ------------ ---- -

—

—-------- ---------

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions. He is still missing.

--------- --------------------————

,

Case Number 129:

. .e (case number 161) was illegally
deprived from his liberty with violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set
forth by the law, on December 24'**, 1976 by members of the 3.3/2 Taskforce. --------------

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions. Afterwards he was '‘transferred”. He is still missing.-------- -----------

,

Case Number 145:
.1

..

,

—------------ ------- ---------

was illegally deprived from his liberty with violence, abuse of

authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on November 27'** 1976 when he
was retumine to

. . ...

located at

between 5PM and 6PM.-------------- ------- ------- ------- -

-

—

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, where he stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions and was brutally tortured. The first week of January 1977 he was

allegedly “transfened”. He is still missing.----------- ------ —---------- ------------- ---- ------

----

.

Case Number 146;

------------ ----- ------- ----------------------, was illegally deprived from her liberty

with violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on
December 1®‘, 1976 in Buenos Aires city by members of the 3.3/2 Task Force.-------------Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions. On December 14'\ 1976 she had a telephone communication with her

family. During the mentioned month she was allegedly “transferred”.

is still missing.-------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------

------------- -----------------------------------

j

Case number 167:

was illegally deprived from her liberty with violence, abuse of

authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on December 28‘^, 1976 at
2.30PM when she was leavine her iob at thp

. by individuals dressed as

civilians and heavily armed. -------------------------------- —

------- ------------------------

Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under

.

inhuman conditions.

Case number 168:

.is still missing.------- ---- --------------- -------

,

.

--------------------- --------------- ----

.. was illegally
violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on December

28^ 1976 at 9PM at

.

by individuals

dressed as civilians with long weapons that were in the hall of the building.----------- ------

Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions.

. is still missing.—----------- ------------ -----

.

, ------ ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------

Case number 173:

. was illegally deprived from her liberty with violence, abuse of
authority and without the formalities set forth by the law and afterwards she was taken to
the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under inhuman conditions. In the
mentioned detention centre she was seen in December 1976. She is still missing.----------Case number 646:
,
.
,------------------------------------------ -------- ----

, was illegally deprived from her liberty with
violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on April 19'*',
1976 at her job at

group of the 3.3/2 Task Force.

, by an armed

.,

—

-

-..............................................

Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions. She is still missing.--------------------------- ------------------------- -----

Case number 2867;

,

---------------------------------

i, rnember of the Partido Justicialista was known as

'
- '

' was illegally deprived ffom his liberty with violence,

•

abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on May 25“*, 1977 at
Buenos Aires city.

—---- ------------------ ------- ---

—

—

Afterwards he was taken to the ESMA, and he stayed there in clandestine detention and

was tortured by the imposition of inhuman conditions. On November 9‘\ 1977,
A’as ‘Iransferred”. He is still missing.-----------------------------------------------------

.

Case number 405:

,

j

, nickname

—.............

,

was illegally deprived from her liberty with

violence, abuse of authority and without the formalities set forth by the law, on December

1977 at the entrance of the cinema “San Nicolas” located at Lavalle of Buenos Aires city
by members of the 3.3/2 Task Force.

—

-

Afterwards she was taken to the ESMA, where she stayed in clandestine detention under
inhuman conditions. She was allegedly “transferred” during the first half of February 1978.

She is currently missing.
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On December 8th, 1977 after a meeting of a group of family members of missing persons
carried out at Santa Cruz Church in order to claim for the appearance alive of the persons
illegally arrested by the Armed Forces, this group started leaving through the gates located

at Estados Unidos 3150 of Buenos Aires city, approximately between 8PM and 8.30PM

when members of the Task Force 3.3.2mappeared, they were armed and dressed as
civilians and they said they were police officers. The first persons to leave church were

, Finally, the last group left church, they were
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one street, a person dressed as a civilian with a radio identified sister

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, and without hesitating he pointed at them and ordered their arrest. In that occasion,

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their will in the cars (between eight and ten) which were parked in the block of the church.

The kidnappings continued in the domicile located at
neighborhood; of Buenos Aires city wc re they illegally deprived Rcnio Berardo trom his
liberty. --------- ------- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ------ ---

Also, in the same date, members of the Task Force 3.3/2 kidnapped

... and

using violence in the coffee shop ‘‘Cornet" located at the corner of Paseo

Colon and Belgrano of Buenos Aires city.

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The criminal actions continued until 8.30AM of December

1977 when

wac if-jvino her domicile located at

house, several persons with

A few meters from

long weapons got off from two vehicles parked there and immediately arrested her and got
her on one of the vehicles by force.---------------------------------------- ------ -------- ------ —

Hours later, between HAM and 12.30PM approximately, members of the Task Force

3.3/2 arrived in a For Falcon with no license plate to the church San Pablo, located at

i, Buenos Aires province. After talking with

Espora street 1247 of

they entered into her domicile and about ten minutes later, they
forced her to get on the vehicle which was parked there and they left. -----------------------After being deprived of their liberty, all the victims were taken to the ESMA where they

were hooded, chained and submitted to interrogations through the use of different torture

methods which caused them a noticeable damage to their health and they were left in a
very poor physical and psychological condition. The victims stayed in the clandestine

detention centre between ten to fifteen days until their “transfer” was resolved, this
consisted in applying an injection of pentothal in order for the personnel of the Argentine
Naval Force and the Argentine Coast Guard take them - probably in two groups - in the

plane from which they were thrown to the sea, in the afterwards named “death flights”.
The mentioned “transfers” ended with the death of the victims on December 14'*', 1977.—

II) MEASURES REQUESTED. ----------------------------------------- ------- —

By this presence, we request to the Prosecutor

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from the National

Prosecutor’s Office Team Information and Operational Coordination to submit a certified

copy of the report made by the Dutch national - whose identity is classified - in which he
mentions the circurastances and situations related to Julio Poch and his participation as
pilot in the mentioned “death flights” which took place during the military dictatorship. —
The measure requested is aimed at analyzing whether the statement of the witness is useful

and pertinent in order to be incorporated as new evidence (in the terms of section 388 of
the Argentine Criminal Procedure Code) in the oral and public discussion that is taking

place in Argentina regarding crimes against humanity committed in the clandestine
extermination center called “ESMA

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III) PARTIES OF THE PROCEDURE, ------ -------- ---- --------- --------- —Accused: Julio Alberto Poch.

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Prosecutor’s Office: Unit for the Assistance in Cases Related to Violations to Hurnan
Rights during State Terrorism. Trial Prosecutor’s Office ESMA UNIFICADA:------------Plaintiff: Cels', Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Secretaria de Derechos Humanos de la Nacion\

Colectivo Kaos-, Colectivo Jusitica Ya. —

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Victims:

IV) APPLICABLE LEGISLATION’.
The previously mentioned actions are against Julio Alberto Poch in his capacity as

necessary accessory for the offences of illegal deprivation of liberty aggravated doubly due
to his condition as public officer and due to the fact that it was committed with violence, in

reiterated times - 12 charges - committed against the victims of cases 407, 408, 409, 410,

411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 418 y 419; illegal deprivation of liberty aggravated three
times due to his condition as public officer, due to the fact that it was committed with

violence and due to the fact that it lasted more than a month, in reiterated times - 18
charges - committed against the victims of cases 23, 24, 25, 31, 32, 58, 59, 65, 118, 129,
145,146,167, 168,173, 287, 405 y 646; tortures in order to obtain information or to break
their will, aggravated due to the fact that they were committed due to political reasons in a

reiterated manner - 30 charges committed against the victims of cases 23, 24, 25, 31, 32,

58, 59, 65, 118, 129, 145, 146, 167, 168, 173, 287, 405, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413,
414, 415, 416, 418, 419 and 646; all of them concurrent (sections 2, 45, 55, 80 subsection

2, 6 and 7, 144 third paragraphs 1 and 2; 144 bis subsection 1 and the last paragraph of the

Argentine Criminal Code, pursuant Act 14.616)-------- ----- ------- --------- ----- -----------The offenses rnentioned are crimes against humanity since they we re coinmitted in the

context of a systcmatic and gcncral attack against civil population (section 1 of the

"Convcnlion regarding the lack of prescription of War Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity”).---------------------- --------- ----------- ----- —

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Argentine Criminal Code. ----- ------------------ ----------- ---- ---- —

Sections 2, 45, 55, 80 subsection 2, 6 and 7, 144 third paragraphs 1 and 2, 144 bis
subsection 1 and the last paragraph of Argentine Criminal Code, pursuant Act 14.616).---Section 2; Should the applicable law at the time of the commission of the offence be

different to the one existing upon the entering of the sentence or in the meantime, the law

imposing the more lenient punishment shall be always applied....................-

If, while serving a sentence, a law imposing a more lenient punishment is passed, the
punishment imposed shall be limited by the scope of that newly passed law. ---- ----------In all the above rnentioned circumstances, the effects of the new law shall be applied ipso
iure.----------------------------- ---- ------------ -------------- -------------------------------------Section 45: The persons who perpetrate an offence, or who give the perpetrator or

perpetrators the aid or co-operation necessary for the commission of the offence, shall be

punished with the penalty foreseen for the offence. The same penalty shall be applied to
the accessories before the fact.

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Section 55: Whoever commits different independent offenses, which entail the same type
of penalty, shall be punishable by not less than the maximum minimum applicable penalty
and not more than the penalty resulling from the accumulation of penalties applicable to

the different committed offenses. This penalty resulting from said accumulation shall not
exceed the statutory maximum provided for the relevant type of penalty.

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Section 80: A penalty of imprisonment for life -with the possibility of applying the

provisions of section 52- shall be imposed on anyone who kills a person:

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2. with cruelty, treachery, poison or any other malicious means;

6. with the aforethought conspiracy of two or more people;------ ---------- ----- 1. in order to prepare, facilitate, commit or hide another offense or to guarantee the

intended outcome or to obtain impunity for himsclf or for others or due to failing to

achieve the objective intended when attempting another offense.---- ----- ----------- ---- —
Section 142: Whoever deprives someone else from his liberty whenever any of the
following circumstances concur shall be punished with two to six years imprisonment: -—

1° if the action was committed with violence or threats with religious or revenge goals: —
2^ if the action was committed against an ancestor, a brother, a spouse or any other

individual to whom one must pay special respect; ---------- ------------- -----------------------

3° If the victim, his health or business was seriously damaged, provided that there was not

any other offense for which the law demands a higher punishment; —................ -

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4° if the action was comnritted pretending to be a public authority or under the order of a
public authority; ------------------------------------ -------- ------------- --------------------------5" if the deprivation of liberty lasted more than a month---------- ----- ----- ------------------

Section 144 -bis; It shall be punished with a penalty of iniprisonment or reclusion at hard
labor for one to five years along with his special disqualification for a period twice his
conviction; 1- The public servant who, abusing his position or unfulfilling formalities

established by the law, deprives an individual of his freedom; 2- The servant who, while
carrying out his duties, commits any ill-treatment or implements any unlawful coercion
against individuals; 3- The public servant that inflicts harshness, ill-treatment or unlawful
coercion to the imprisoned under his guarding If any of the circumstances enumerated
within sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of art. 142 concurs, the penalty of imprisonment or reclusion

at hard labor shall be for two to six years.--------- ------- —------------ ----- ----------------Section 144 -third. ------------------------ —------ ---------- ---- —

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1. The public servant who, abusing his functions or without the formalities set forth by law,

deprives someone from his personal liberty; ------------------------- ------ ---- ---------------2. The public servant who in use of his functions commits any sexual humiliation against

persons or unlawful coercion; ------------- ---- -------------- ---- ---------------------------------

3. The public servant who inflicts to the persons arrested under his custody, violence,

sexual humiliations or unlawful coercion;

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Shall be punished with imprisonment from one to five years and special disqualification

for the doublé time. If any of the circumstances foreseen in subsections 1, 2, 3 and five of
section 142 appear the penalty shall be of imprisonment from two to six years. ----- ------

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Argentine Code of Criminal Procedure.

Section 388. “If during the debate it came it arises that there is new useful evidence or that

other evidence already known becomes essential, the court may order that they be
received”.......-....... ........ ....... ....... —---------- ----------- ------ —....................... ...... ......

Applicable International Convcntions —

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“Conventions regarding the lack of prescription of war crimes and crimes against
humanity".-------- ---- ------------- ------- --------- ------- -------------- ------ —---- ----------Section 1. The following crimes do not prescribe, whatever the date they were committed:

a) War crimes pursuant the definition of the Bylaws of the International Military Court of
Nuremberg, August 8'^, 1945 and confirmed by resolutions of the United Nations General

Assembly 3 (I), February 13“* 1946 and 95 (I) December 11'*', 1946 regarding particularly

“serious infringements” mentioned by the Geneva Convention of August 12“’, 1949 for the
protection of war victims; b) Crimes against humanity committed in war times and in

peace times, pursuant the definition of the Bylaws of the Military Court of Nuremberg,
August 8“' 1945 and confirmed by resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly 3

(I) of February 13*'’, 1946 and 95 (I) December ll'*’, 1946 and also the expulsion for armed

attack or occupation and inhuman actions duc to the apartheid and the offence of genocide
as set forth in the 1948 Convention of the Prevention and Sanction of Genocide even

though the mentioned actions are not violation of the intemal laws of the country in which
they were committed.

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Regulations of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. ---------- ----------------- -------- ------ ---Section 26. The member of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, at any level, shall - in order to

fulfill its functions in a better way - request reports to the national, provincial, community

agencies; to private agencies and to individuals if applicable and may also request the
cooperation of police authorities in order to carry out investigations, subpoena persons to
their offices just to give testimony. The police and security agencies shall give the

cooperation requested; being govemed by the guidelines set forth by the members of the
Public Prosecutor’s Office and submitting personnel and means to accomplish these tasks.
The prosecutors of criminal justice, in knowledge of the perpetration oaf an illegal action whether it is through a communication foreseen in section 186 of the Argentine Code of

Criminal Procedure or by any other means - without prejudice of the orders given to the

police or participating security force by the competent judge, shall request frorn these

forces the fulfillment of the dispositions that rule the procedure and order to carry out all
errands they deern pertinent in order to effectively develop the criminal action. In that

regard, the prevention shall act under their immediate direction. -------- ---- ------- --------V) TREATY IN WHICH IS BASED THE REQUEST OR RECIPROCITY^----- ---------This letters rogatory is based on the United Nations Convention against torture and other

cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments or penalties which set forth in section 9 the judicial

aid between member states; and it is also based in the International Convention for the

protection of all persons against the forced disappearance of persons (section 14).

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The judicial authority is also informed regarding the fact that, through this presence, we

offer reciprocity for future similar cases. ------------ ---- ---------------------------------------VI) TRANSCRIPTION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT ORDERS THE REQUEST.-----///nos. April 25“', 2014.- (...) II. In connection with the facts arising from the record issued

on April Ib”", 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands, via the Sccretary of Cooperation and

International Relationships of the Argentine Prosecutors Office be an international letters
rogatory issued to the Prosecuto

from the National Prosecutor’s Office

Team Information and Operational Coordination in order for him to inform to this
Prosecutor’s Office as soon as possible the testimonies given by a witness of reserved

identity in which he mentioned facts and circumstances related to the possible participation
as pilot of the Argentine Marine of Julio Poch in the mentioned “death flights” which took
place in the last civil-military dictatorship. All of this in order to analyze the applicable

status or usefulness of the mentioned statement in order to be reproduced as new evidence
- section 388 Argentine Code of Criminal Procedure - in the oral debate that is taking
place in the case called “ESMA UNIFICADA”. Signed

Before me:

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General Prosecutor.

i, Clerk of the Chamber.
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Buenos Aires, August 25'*’, 2014.
(There appears a signature and a seal which reads: )

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Buenos Aires, 29 de Agosto de 2014. Es traducción fiel al idioma ingles del documento en

idioma espanol que he tenido ante mi. ---------------------------- --------- ----- -