11 Hipólito García about the disappearance. On April 18, 1990, he had gone to Huehuetenango but was unable to obtain any information. On March 26, 1990, General Mata-Gálvez brought three persons, and later two more, before the Ministry of National Defense, but did not complete the investigation. On April 26, 1990, he had interviewed Mr. Velásquez, a patrolman suspected of involvement in the murder, and Colonel Fernando Fuentes, Deputy Commander of the Military Zone, whom he asked about a lieutenant mentioned by Mr. Velásquez. Colonel Fuentes said that he would identify the lieutenant and take him to the United States Embassy, but never did so. On May 4, 1990, he had accompanied Mr. Nicholas Blake's father and one of his brothers to Huehuetenango and talked to General Mata, who was asked by Mr. Nicholas Blake's father whether it was possible that the guerrillas had abducted the two Americans and whether they could still be alive, to which the General replied that it was unlikely. During a number of visits he had come to know five of the seven people involved in the deaths of Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith Davis; they were: Mario Cano-Acedo, Candelario Cano-Acedo, Cándido López, Hipólito García and Daniel Velásquez. General Mata had promised to help him investigate Mr. Nicholas Blake's disappearance and recover his remains, but never did so. The Guatemalan authorities had not really cooperated in the investigation. Ambassador Michael believed that it was the Government's responsibility to investigate the facts. He had repeatedly submitted the case to senior members of the Guatemalan Government. He was unaware of any effort made by that the Human Rights Prosecutor to conduct an investigation. He had never received any information indicating that an investigation had taken place or that the case had been referred to the judicial authorities. No progress had been made with the case and it appeared, instead, that the Army was covering up the murder committed by the civil patrolmen. He had only had contact with an investigating magistrate in Huehuetenango who had asked the United States Embassy for all the documents relating to the case. The United States Embassy had not hired a lawyer or put any pressure on the Blake family to contact a lawyer or investigator. The United States Embassy did not make any formal complaint to the Human Rights Prosecutor, but asked him for assistance in investigating the case. However, he had taken no action. d. Testimony of Samuel Blake, brother of Nicholas Blake. The witness testified that he was 23 years old when his elder brother, Nicholas Blake, disappeared. His first visit to Guatemala had been in 1985. The United States Embassy told him that the Guatemalan authorities had sent his brother and Griffith Davis to a village in El Quiché and that the soldiers claimed that the two men had joined the guerrillas and were subversives. He and his family knew that his brother and Griffith Davis had been going, in their capacity as journalists, to interview the guerrillas. He had returned to Guatemala in March 1986, on his family's seventh visit, and had met with President Cerezo, who granted his request for a helicopter. He had been to the Department of El Quiché and to Huehuetenango and interviewed a number of persons. He had been to see General Gramajo who had told him that he believed his brother to be dead. He had also been to El Llano with a lieutenant, who embraced the Chief of the Civil Patrol, Mario Cano, and spoke to him in private. Mario Cano informed him that he had told Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith Davis that the guerrillas were in Sumal and that it was very dangerous to go there, but that they had gone nevertheless. In January 1988, he had visited Colonel Paco Ortega to inquire about the investigation conducted