42. The petitioners say that a witness, who, "for her own personal safety" preferred to remain anonymous, declared that she had seen Mr. Gómez and Mr. Cardona at 6:20 p.m.12 on March 13, 1995. They say that said witness declared as follows: (...) two men (...) were inside a green vehicle parked in a motorcycle garage. (...) they hit Yovany Gómez repeatedly in the face. Shortly after Yovany Gómez and Gustavo Cardona left the street, the car was seen heading in the same direction.13 43. According to a communication from the Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala, the disappearance occurred at kilometer 6 of the highway known as Carretera al Atlántico.14 C. Regarding the complaints filed through March 18, 1995. 44. The petitioners stated that on March 14, 1995, Mr. Gómez's parents went to the National Police to report the disappearance of their son.15 They said that the police officers assured that "the matter would be quickly looked into,"16 but without say what inquiries they would make.17 45. On March 16, 1995, the Trade Union sent a communication to the Ministry of the Interior,18 asking for a hearing to provide information regarding Mr. .Gómez's disappearance. The next day, the Trade Union sent another communication to the Ministry of the Interior.19 The Trade Union indicated that the disappearance had occurred at 7:30 p.m. on March 13, 1995, at kilometer 6 of the Carretera al Atlántico.20 46. The following day, UNSITRAGUA once again sent a note along the same lines to the Ministry of the Interior.21 The petitioners said that no reply was received to this or the earlier communications.22 UNSITRAGUA also issued a press release asking the President of the Republic to take all necessary steps to locate Mr. Gómez's whereabouts.23 47. The petitioners stated that on March 18, 1995, Mr. Gómez's father again went to the National Police to find out how the investigation was proceeding.24 They maintained that the National Police told him that: (...) no action had been taken and the police could not assign anyone to the case until the following Monday, when the family would provide a vehicle to conduct the investigation because they (the police) did not have one.25 12 Original petition 13 Original petition 14 Communication from Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala. Annex C to the original petition. 15 Original petition 16 Original petition 17 Original petition 18 Communication from Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala. Annex C to the original petition. 19 Communication from Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala. Annex C to the original petition. 20 Communication from Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala. Annex C to the original petition. 21 Communication from Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala of March 17, 1995. Annex to the initial petition. 22 Original petition 23 Original petition 24 Original petition 25 Original petition 7