31 came to the house that day in a private car to ask questions about her sisterin-law. She later heard on the news that the bodies of two women who had been brutally tortured and killed had been found and taken to the morgue of the General Cemetery in Zone 3. She went there and identified her sister-inlaw’s body. She had two holes at the top of her head which were bleeding; her forehead was damaged, swollen and green and purple; her cheek was open below the eye; she had another injury like a knife wound on her cheek or mouth; she had two red marks under her breasts; she had no fingernails or toe nails; her head had been almost severed from her body; her tongue stuck out between her clenched teeth and was purple in color; her genital organs also bore signs of rape. The witness made the necessary arrangements for removing her sister-in-law’s body from the morgue. c. Testimony of Alberto Antonio Paniagua-Morales, brother of Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales The witness was not in Guatemala on the day of his sister’s abduction and returned at the end of April of the year in which the events occurred. He testified that unknown persons were watching his house, some of whom appeared to be policemen and had short hair at the bottom and less short on top, military style. His fear increased when a grenade exploded six months after his sister’s murder, and when another, which did not explode, was also planted; that day uniformed police arrived, wearing their hair that was slightly longer on top than on bottom, military style. His sister’s death had totally destroyed his family; they had never filed any civil action in Guatemala for reparation of injuries or damages. d. Testimony of María Idelfonsa Morales de Paniagua, mother of Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales The witness testified that in 1988 her daughter was 23 years old and two months pregnant; she had last seen her at 6.00 a.m. on February 9, 1988, when she told her she was going to buy milk; she went to the shop and never returned. When she learned that she had been abducted, she went with her son to look for her at the police stations and hospitals; she filed a writ of habeas corpus but never received a reply. On February 11, 1988, she learned that two unidentified bodies had been discovered, and asked her daughter-inlaw (Ms. Blanca Lidia Zamora de Paniagua) to go. Her daughter-in-law informed her that one of the bodies was her daughter’s. Her home was placed under surveillance and she was told by Mr. Adolfo Soto, an acquaintance of hers who worked with the judicial police, that they had been sent to watch her. She left Guatemala for the United States and, later, Canada on February 28, 1988. On August 21, 1997, she returned to Guatemala and Yolanda Sánchez from the Office of the Procurator General of the Nation offered her compensation for her daughter’s death. She had not brought any civil or criminal action in Guatemala in connection with her daughter’s death, nor had she made any statement. e. Testimony of Raquel de Jesús Solórzano, wife of Oscar Vásquez The witness testified that her husband, who was a wood-seller, was abducted on February 13, 1988; they were together at home when there was a knock on the door; her husband went out and was seized by four Treasury Police agents, three of whom were wearing the olive green uniform and cap, while the fourth was dressed in civilian clothes; they beat him and handcuffed him. The agents did not have an arrest warrant, nor did they produce a search warrant; they