Witness proposed by the State 1) Manuel Giovanni Vásquez Vicente, who will testify about: the steps taken by the State to investigate, try and punish those responsible for the alleged forced disappearance of Edgar Fernando García, and the search for his mortal remains. 2. To require the State and the representatives to forward, if they consider it appropriate and within the non-extendible time frame that expires on March 28, 2012, the questions they deem pertinent to pose, through the Inter-American Court, to the presumed victim and the witness of the other party, indicated in the first operative paragraph of this Order. The statements required in the first operative paragraph must be submitted to the Court by April 20, 2012, at the latest. 3. To require the representatives and the State to coordinate and take the necessary steps to ensure that, when the questions have been received from the other party, the deponents they have proposed include the answers in their respective statements provided by affidavit, in accordance with considering paragraph 23 of this Order. 4. To stipulate that, when the testimonies required in the first operative paragraph have been received, the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court must forward them to the other parties so that, if they deem necessary, the State and the representatives may present their observations on these statements, at the latest, with their final written arguments. 5. To convene the Republic of Guatemala, the representatives of the presumed victims, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to a public hearing to be held on April 26, 2012, starting at 9 a.m., during its forty-fifth special session in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in order to receive their final oral arguments and final oral observations, respectively, on the preliminary objection, the merits and the possible reparations and costs, as well as the statements of the following persons: Presumed victim proposed by the representatives 1) Nineth Varenca Montenegro Cottom, who will declare about: the facts of this case, inter alia, the alleged refusal of the State of Guatemala to provide information that establishes the whereabouts of her husband, and the supposed unjustified delay in prosecuting those who masterminded the presumed victim’s disappearance. Witnesses A) Proposed by the representatives 1) Velia Muralles Bautista, who will testify about the findings in the Historical Archive of the National Police regarding the alleged forced disappearance of Edgar Fernando García. B) Proposed by the State 8