The judge in charge of the investigation into the 1994 disappearance (and presumed murder) of Professor Narciso Gonz?lez ("Narcisazo") yesterday interrogated for eight hours a former Armed Forces chief, retired General Juan Bautista Rojas Tabar, about what he knows concerning the case. Judge Eduardo S?nchez Ort?z indicated that he will call the retired general back for more questioning, but did not specify when. Narcisazo, a vocal critic of then-President Joaqu?n Balaguer, was rumored to have been picked up by agents of Air Force’s (FAD) A-2 Intelligence group just before his disappearance, so the investigation has focused on FAD officials past and present. So far Judge S?nchez Ort?z has imprisoned General Rafael Reyes Bencosme and his former aide, Lt. Colonel Manuel C. P?rez V?lquez, on suspicion of complicity in kidnapping Narcisazo. Since the investigation resumed in earnest at the end of 1998 and long before it was indicated that he would be interrogated, Rojas Tabar has repeatedly told the press that he knows nothing regarding the Narcisazo case and that the investigation was simply a ruse to attack the reputation of the Armed Forces and him. Yesterday he arrived at the Justice Palace with a phalanx of bodyguards and vocal supporters, many of whom physically attacked reporters trying to talk to the retired general.
