Branch of the Security Forces: National Police55 84. In Volume 5, of Conclusions and Recommendations, the Truth Commission described 24 cases in which it had not been possible to individualize the alleged responsible person but there were signs of State agents’ participation. About the alleged victim it stated: No: 71 Case: Gustavo Garzón Alleged Responsibility: Members of the National Police Details56:-5. The search and complaint lodged by the family after the disappearance 85. According to statement of the relatives, in the early hours of November 10, when they realized that the alleged victim did not get to his house, they contacted relatives and friends to inquire about his whereabouts. They also searched jails, hospitals, clinics and the morgue, not only in Quito but in different cities of the country, asking for help from friends, like a nephew who was a police officer, but all these actions were unsuccessful.57 86. They said that on November 11, 1990 they went to the Investigation Service of (SIC-P) to lodge a complaint, which was not taken by his agency, as it maintained that 48 hours had not elapsed since his disappearance. The State refuted this argument, stating that this allegation cannot be confirmed, although it is confirmed that the complaint was indeed lodged on November 16, 1990 by Fabiola Lema Ramirez.58 87. On November 14, 1990 fellow classmates of the alleged victim publicly denounced his disappearance to “El Comercio” Newspaper. The newspaper published the following: “Young writer Gustavo Garzón has disappeared since last Friday November 9th. His relatives and friends have made intense efforts to find him.”59 88. On November 16, 1990 Fabiola Lema Ramírez, a friend of the alleged victim, lodged a complaint with the Judicial Police of Investigations of the Province Head of Pichincha and stated that “on Friday November 9, 1990, at approximately 03:00 AM, Mr. GUSTAVO GARZON GUZMÁN, left a discotheque in La Mariscal area to go to his house. He has not it made it there yet, his whereabouts are unknown, and the disappeared has the following features: 1.60 cm height, brunette complexion, light brown eyes and normal size."60 55 Report of Truth Commission of Ecuador, Without Truth there is no Justice, Vol. 1: Human Rights violations, 2010, Case of Gustavo Garzón, p. 187. 56 p. 36. Report of Truth Commission of Ecuador, Without Truth there is no Justice, Vol. 5: Conclusions and Recommendations, 2010, 57 Annex 1. Police Report No. 051-SICP signed by investigation officers Edmundo Mera and Romel Castro, directed by the Head of Criminal Investigation of the Province of Pichincha, of January 08, 1991. Interview of Luis Lascano and Rodrigo Guzmán. Annex 4 to the State’s observations of February 2, 2016. 58 Annex 9. Complaint lodged by Fabiola Lema Ramirez on November 16, 1990 before the Head of the Criminal Investigation Service of Pichincha. Annex 2 to the brief of observations of the State of February 2, 2016. 59 Annex 10. News report of the El Comercio Newspaper of November 14, 1990: “Writer disappears.” Annex to the brief from the petitioners of July 16, 2009. 60 Annex 9. Complaint lodged by Fabiola Lema Ramirez on November 16, 1990 before the Head of the Criminal Investigation Service of Pichincha. Annex 2 to the brief of observations of the State of February 2, 2016. 13