17 his father was transferred to Asunción and his brother abandoned in Encarnación. He indicated that his father was tortured while captive in Asunción; however, after a year, he was able to escape and return to Argentina. Subsequently, he was disappeared on his way home from work at the San Martín Hospital. As of that time, his family, especially his mother, has been taking steps to find him. Mr. Goiburú Benítez declared that his father “was the family’s mainstay, the protector, the brother, the friend […] the one who laid down the law, the household head, and the one who provided guidance to the household.” In addition, he stated that “it is impossible to describe in words the profound anguish, powerlessness, anger and infinite sadness […] of not knowing where [his] father’s remains are.” He stated that not knowing what happened to Dr. Goiburú has resulted in “feelings of frustration, uncertainty, frequent attacks of anxiety and irritability” in his mother and siblings; they have all suffered from aftereffects and various illnesses “because of the constant worry caused by the daily absence of [their] loved one.” The witness stated that he, his siblings and his mother have received psychological treatment for several years. The witness requested the Court to order the State to compensate them for the violations suffered by their father, in addition to all the physical and psychological damage they continue to suffer. He stated that, when his father disappeared, the family “spent all their savings.” He also said that his grandmother helped them while they worked “with minimum wages [and] illegally.” He and his siblings had to “give up their education and abandon [their] life projects for many years.” He requested reimbursement of his father’s loss of earnings from the time of his disappearance to date. He also stated that his family lives in a “situation of permanent financial crisis.” Mr. Goiburú Benítez stated, inter alia, that he wanted the Court to help him create a foundation and a health clinic with his father’s name, and also a community kitchen for “street children.” He also asked that a school should bear his father’s name and that his story be published. He affirmed that “the State [must assume] its responsibility for the crimes against humanity, acknowledge what was done to [his father, his mother, himself and his siblings] and […] clarify” what happened to his father. In addition, it should locate and identify the latter’s remains “tak[ing] upon itself the [corresponding] investigation and gathering of information and material.” He requested the Court to order the State to oblige those who know what happened to his father to “tell the truth.” Lastly, the witness asked the Court that “justice should be done, that comprehensive measures of reparation should be applied, [and] that this type of crime should not be repeated against other human beings.” (b) Elva Elisa Benítez Feliu de Goiburú, wife of Dr. Agustín Goiburú Mrs. Benítez Feliu de Goiburú stated that her husband “was outspoken about the abuses and arbitrariness of the regime”; consequently, “he was harassed persistently [and] his home was under siege every day.” She also declared that “they tried to involve [her] as an alleged terrorist criminal who kept weapons of war in [her] home, by torturing other prisoners.” Mrs. Benítez Feliu said that she went with her husband and children to Argentina where her husband worked in politics, setting up MOPOCO. She said that, while in Argentina, she and her family “were the object of direct continual treacherous harassment, through the Paraguayan consul in Posadas”; in November 1969, her husband and son “were abducted by a vessel of the Paraguayan