20 CAPTURE, CONFISCATION AND REMAND: At 23:00 hours [on December 29 1987], members of the Treasury Police serving in this Squad, on the public th th th thoroughfare of 6 Avenue "A" between 10 and 11 Streets in Zone 1 of this capital city, in front of the San Luis car park, captured AUGUSTO ANGÁRITARAMÍREZ, JOSÉ ROLANDO AGUIRRE-AVELAR, CÉSAR AUGUSTO CALDERÓN (no other surname) and the following women: DORIS TORRES-GIL and GLADYS ANGEOLINA GARCÍA-ROSALES, having surprised them in flagrante delicto as they hastily and suspiciously attempted to abandon the following vehicles: a 1982 black Mazda 323, with registration No. P-225584, chassis No. BD1011-538478, engine No. E1-125254, and a red 1974 Toyota pickup with black and gray stripes, registration No. P-93167, chassis No. Kp36-0627, engine No. 2K-0490480, for which reason the captors decided to conduct a detailed search of those persons and of the vehicles described above, and seized from Ms. García-Rosales a package containing TWO (2) pounds and TWO (2) ounces of the drug "COCAINE" which she had hidden under her blouse; from Mr. Calderón (no other surname) an office-sized folder with various documents, which showed that he forged papers and conducted illicit transactions; from Mr. Angárita-Ramírez was seized a package containing TWO (2) pounds and FOUR (4) ounces of the drug "COCAINE" in a red nylon bag; from Mr. Aguirre-Avelar was seized HALF an ounce of the drug "COCAINE", TWO (2) ounces of marijuana, and cocaine-inhaling implements, for which reason they were detained and the aforementioned drugs were seized and those responsible subsequently brought before the authorities of the Eleventh Criminal Magistrates’ Court for legal proceedings. The aforementioned cocaine and vehicles were placed at the disposal of that Tribunal, the cocaine was kept at the Squad in my charge and the vehicles placed in the courtyard of the Treasury Police Department, for consequent proceedings. (cfr. Log of the Intelligence and Narcotics Brigade of the Treasury Police of the city of Guatemala for the month of December 1987). 3. Concerning Ms. Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales: a. Ms. María Idelfonsa Morales de Paniagua, mother of victim Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales, reported her daughter’s disappearance to the AntiKidnapping Squad of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police on February 9, 1988. (cfr. Police report of February 15, 1988, signed by the Acting Chief of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police). She also testified before the Inter-American Court (infra, para. 67 (d)). b. Ms. Blanca Lidia Zamora de Paniagua, wife of the brother of victim Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales, was questioned at her home by investigators Domingo Cipriano-Santos and Ana Aracelly del Cid-Hernández of the AntiKidnapping and Extortion Squad of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police on February 9, 1988. (cfr. Police report of February 15, 1988, signed by the Acting Chief of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Special Investigations and Narcotics Brigade of the National Police). She also testified before the Inter-American Court (infra, para. 67 (b)). c. Mr. Eugenio Ruano, a neighbor of Ms. Ana Elizabeth Paniagua-Morales, was questioned by the aforesaid investigators on February 9, 1988. In his statement Mr. Ruano said that he saw "the individuals when they were kidnapping" Ms. Paniagua-Morales and that they were wearing casual clothes (shorts and sandals). Mr. Ruano also said that he did not know the reasons for the abduction or anything about the kidnappers or the plates on the vehicle they used.