-30immediately, but “there was nothing to be done, he hanged himself; […] his neck was broken.” Finally, Mrs. Moreno Cossio asked for justice to be done and that “her son [Camilo] should be returned to her, even though it is just his remains.” e) Nancy Amparo Guerra López, daughter of Carmelo Guerra At the time of the facts, the witness was 15 years old and lived with her father and his wife. She said that her father was “the only person [she] had, […] the person [she] loved most.” Ms. Guerra López indicated that it was her father who “supported the household and [they] were never in need of anything.” After he disappeared, she abandoned school and had “to work, […] and put up with humiliations, cold, hunger, […] depression.” The witness said that her life would have been different if her father had not disappeared, because she “would have completed her studies, would have been an educated woman, might have studied a professional career and […] perhaps, today, would be providing for [her] father.” Finally, the witness stated that she wants them to “return [her father], because to date [she does] not know where he is.” f) José Daniel Álvarez Ruiz, son of José del Carmen Álvarez Blanco and nephew of Cristóbal Arroyo Blanco José Daniel Álvarez Ruiz described “the distressing experience” of the procedure to identify the corpses in the San Jerónimo Hospital in Montería. He referred to the bodies lying there in “a mass with mud and human remains [that] it was impossible to identify.” The witness indicated that he joined ASFADDES in 1993. As a member of this association, he has kept up to date with the “status of the investigations and [what has] happened about the remains.” He also declared that he has submitted oral and written requests to obtain information on the case file. Mr. Álvarez Ruiz stated that the exhumation in August 1993 was conducted in winter; hence “after 15 days, the procedure ended without any success.” He said that an exhumation was carried out on the “Las Tangas” ranch and that, afterwards, the place “was not guarded or watched...”. He also stated that blood samples were later taken from the next of kin of the alleged disappeared in order to carry out DNA testing on the remains that had been found. However, he affirmed that the prosecutor’s office did not offer any help when these samples were taken, or assistance to transport the next of kin to the places where the samples were taken. He declared that no official records were made of the collection of the blood samples, and the only collaboration received from the State was the person who carried out this procedure who, himself, “had very limited financial resources for transport.” The witness explained the steps taken to exhume the remains from a common grave in the cemetery of San Antonio de Montería in October 2005. In this regard, he stated that “there was a great deal of water” and that the Government agents who took part “did not have the tools to prevent the site from becoming inundated.” Consequently, the exhumation could not be carried out.