18 Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala; and note of February 19, 1986, from Mr. William L. Ball, III, to Senator Cohen). (d) Beginning 1985, Mr. Nicholas Blake's relatives made a number of journeys to Guatemala. They met with U.S. Embassy officials and Guatemalan civilian and military authorities in an effort to discover Mr. Nicholas Blake's whereabouts. U.S. Embassy officials also investigated what had happened to Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith Davis (cf. April 17, 1997 testimony of Ricardo Roberto; April 17, 1997 testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr.; April 17, 1997 testimony of Samuel Blake; Anthropological Forensic Report of July 18, 1992, issued by the Smithsonian Institute; October 1993 statement by Samuel Blake delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; June 14, 1993 statement by Michael Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala; note of February 19, 1986, from Mr. William L. Ball, III, to Senator Cohen; document of June 1988 from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala addressed to the Secretary of State; document of April 18, 1989, from the United States Consulate in Guatemala to the Ambassador to Guatemala; March 1990 documents from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; November 1989 documents from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; April 1985 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala addressed to the Secretary of State; and December 30, 1988 letter from Martha L. Sardiñas to Mr. Samuel Blake). (e) In August 1987, Felipe Alva, Army Commandant and Chief of the Civil Patrols in the area, according to statements not refuted by the State, issued instructions, which were carried out by members of the El Llano Civil Patrol, to burn and bury the bodies of Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith Davis (cf. April 17, 1997 testimony of Justo Victoriano MartínezMorales; April 17, 1997 testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr.; April 17, 1997 testimony of Samuel Blake; June 1988 statement by Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales; statement by Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales delivered in Huehuetenango; October 1993 statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Samuel Blake delivered in Washington, D.C.; June 14, 1993 statement by Michael Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala; and January 1986 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State). (f) Mr. Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales conducted a private investigation of the facts relating to the detention, disappearance and death of Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith Davis. During the investigation, around September 1987, he discovered the place where Mr. Nicholas Blake's and Mr. Griffith Davis' remains had been concealed. He also discovered that during August of that year that the persons responsible for the murders had disinterred the remains and taken them to be cremated (cf. April 17, 1997 testimony of Justo Victoriano MartínezMorales; April 17, 1997 of Richard R. Blake, Jr.; April 17, 1997 testimony of Samuel Blake; June 1988 statement by Justo Victoriano MartínezMorales; video recording of Mr. Samuel Miller's May 14, 1993 interview with Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales; statement by James Ellisen; October 1993 statement by Samuel Blake delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; and June 14, 1993 statement by Michael Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala).