21 1993 statement by Samuel Blake delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; statement by Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales delivered in Huehuetenango; photographs of Candelario López-Herrera and Mario Cano taken by Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales in May 1989; June 1988 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; August 1989 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; March 1990 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; November 1989 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; April 1990 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; and the note of April 3, 1990, from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to Samuel Blake). (o) Over more than a seven year period, from 1985 to 1992, members of the Blake family made numerous attempts to investigate the facts surrounding Mr. Nicholas Blake's detention, disappearance, death and whereabouts. They met with officials of the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, with Guatemalan civil and military officials, including the President of the Republic of Guatemala, the President's National Security Adviser, the Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Head of Military Intelligence, the Commander of Military Zone 19, the Commander of Military Zone 20, the Commander of the Las Majadas Garrison, army colonels and generals, and chiefs and members of the Huehuetenango and El Quiché Civil Patrols. The State concealed Mr. Nicholas Blake's whereabouts and hindered his family's investigation; the patrolmen attempted to conceal the fact that they were members of the civil patrols, contradicted each other's statements about their actions, and concealed Mr. Nicholas Blake's remains after the discovery of those of Mr. Griffith Davis; military authorities refused to take up the case, claiming that Mr. Nicholas Blake had been seized by guerrillas; the Army was aware of the deaths shortly after they occurred and ordered the civil patrolmen allegedly responsible to be questioned, but patrol officials said that "they [could not] locate the men or that they did not exist"; one soldier, who had been assisting with the investigation and had claimed that civil patrols had been responsible, refused to continue cooperate after receiving threats; on several occasions army officials promised to issue a list of the civil patrolmen to the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, but never did so; the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala gave photographs of the civil patrolmen allegedly responsible for the acts to army officials who promised to detain them, but they later denied ever receiving the photographs. These officials also claimed that they had searched the area; however, it was later discovered that the purpose of the search was not to locate Mr. Nicholas Blake's and Mr. Griffith Davis' remains (cf. April 17, 1997 testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr.; April 17, 1997 testimony of Samuel Blake; April 17, 1997 testimony of Ricardo Roberto; April 17, 1997 testimony of Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales; Anthropological Forensic Report of July 18, 1992, issued by the Smithsonian Institution; October 1993 statement by Samuel Blake delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; statement by Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales delivered in Huehuetenango; June 14, 1993 statement by Michael Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala; photograph of the patrolman who indicated the place where the remains were found; April 1985 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; April 18, 1989 document from the Consulate to the United States Ambassador in Guatemala; June 1989 document from the