12 used to help her get the food for her other children, if “he did not give [her] money, the children wouldn’t eat.” He worked at a “Chinese restaurant,” and as a gardener. Furthermore, Santiago paid maintenance to his former partner, who was expecting his baby, and at the same time supported Esmila Liliana (his current partner) and her son. After Santiago’s disappearance, her family “went hungry.” Furthermore, the witness had to leave her little daughters alone in order to be able to search of her missing son. Her elder daughters would accompany her in her search for her son and gave her some support “paying for transportation fares and helping her feed [her] other four little children.” Her daughter Mónica had to ask for permission to skip classes. Three months after her son’s disappearance, a baby girl was left at her door, wrapped in a blanket, with a note saying that the witness was the baby’s grandmother and that the baby’s mother was unable to support her baby girl. Ana Maria’s mother was never found. Today, the girl is 13 years old, she is called Ana María Gómez-Guevara and is the daughter of Santiago, born from a relationship he had before the one he had with Liliana. The girl has been told that her father is away on a trip, but that they do not know where he may be. Two years ago, “Human Rights” officials told the witness that her son was buried on La Chira beach; however, he was never found. The witness thinks that “there is a big hole among the rocks, and that he has been thrown off into it.” After said communication, she went to the Office of the Prosecutor and stated before the authorities that her son was missing. She is still looking for him, because he “may be alive somewhere.” Even today, the members of her family suffer a lot, and cry for the love Santiago once gave them. The witness states that she could only be comforted if she could get her son’s body back, and she demands justice. b) Testimony of Esmila Liliana Conislla-Cárdenas, common-law wife of Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino. She is 33 years old and lives in Chorrillos, Lima. She met Mr. Santiago GómezPalomino on the second Sunday of May, 1992, when she was visiting the city of Lima. During Esmila’s visit, Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón —Santiago’s mother— offered Esmila Liliana a room at Victoria’s home for Esmila to stay in the city and find a job. The witness agreed and after some time she returned to Lima, to stay at Mrs. Palomino-Buitrón’s place. There, she saw Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino once more. At that time, the son of the witness was five or six months old, and she was looking for a job. Santiago “courted her —which the family did not like— because [she] was having problems with the father of [her] son.” For such reasons, the witness left Victoria Margarita’s home, and moved in with Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino, sharing a house in Chorrillos which belonged to a cousin of his, called María Elsa Chipana-Flores. Santiago found a job for Esmila as a charwoman across the street from where he worked as a gardener, and he used to accompany her back and forth from work every day.