38 in one of the cells of that detention center and that he had met Mr. Ibsen Peña there, indicating that the latter “had bruises all over because they beat him very much.”142 Likewise, in a declaration rendered before the Ninth Trial Court for Criminal Matters, Mr. Elías Moreno Caballero indicated that he found José Luís Ibsen Peña being beaten with a stick by an official of El Pari, who hit him once more in his presence until he fell to the ground. He also stated that he later heard Mr. Ibsen Peña snoring and saw him be covered with a blanket and that, according to another employee, he had been taken to a cemetery.143 109. During the public hearing (supra para. 8), Tito Ibsen Castro declared that on February 28, 1973, he and Martha Castro Mendoza were informed by “authorities” that Jose Luis Ibsen Peña had been “removed for exile” to Brazil.144 Martha Castro Mendoza later went to the embassy of that State in Bolivia, where she was informed that “no political prisoner ha[d] gone to [that country].”145 Mr. Ibsen Peña’s family members have had no knowledge of his whereabouts since that date.146 110. During the time Jose Luis Ibsen Peña was arrested and after his disappearance, his wife, Martha Castro Mendoza, accompanied always by Tito Ibsen Castro, took several steps to secure his release and, later on, to find his whereabouts. On April 15, 1973, [Ms. Martha Castro] went to the Bar Association of Santa Cruz, asking that steps be taken to secure the release of Mr. José Luís Ibsen Peña, or at least to find out where he was.147 However, his next of kin have stated that due to the threats issued against them and the conditions at the time of the events, acknowledged by the State (supra para. 26), they refrained from filing formal complaints on the facts. In that respect, on April 26, 2000, upon filing a petition to join and expand a complaint due to the facts allegedly committed against her father and brother (infra para. 140), Ms. Rebeca Ibsen Castro indicated that “[t]he 142 Cf. “Acta de audiencia de inspección judicial y reconstrucción de los hechos en la ex-comisaría El Pari (actualmente oficinas del GES)”, de 30 de abril de 2004 (Case file 37/2000, Cuerpo 12, folios 5935 y 5952 y 14691 y 14708). 143 Cf. Acta de audiencia pública de ampliación de confesión del procesado Elías Moreno Caballero, de 28 de diciembre de 2004 (Case file 37/2000, Cuerpo 16, folios 7356 a 7357 y 16118 a 16119). 144 Cf. Declaration rendered during the public hearing (supra párr. 8) by Mr. Tito Ibsen Castro. 145 Cf. Declaration rendered before public notary (affidavit) by Mrs. Martha Castro Mendoza (case file on the merits, volume III, folio 637), and brief of “Petition to join, appear personally in the proceeding, complaint and expansion of initial order No. 97/2000, civil matter constitution, precautionary measures” by Rebeca Ibsen Castro, April 26, 2000 (case file of appendixes to the application, appendix 21, folio 1809). 146 In this regard, in the following documents, José Luis Ibsen Peña is included as one of the disappeared persons during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer Suárez: ASOFAMD. Bulletin of August, 2007. 35 Years After the Dictatorship of Hugo B[a]nzer Suárez 1971-2006 (case file of appendixes to the application, appendix 4, folio 1565); press release published on February 18, 2000 in La Nación, “Renato Díaz Matta: Justo Sarmiento lies, he tortured me in El Pari” (case file of appendixes to the brief of pleadings and motions, PD-120, folio 2379); public invitation of ASOFAMD, “Tribue of the People to its Martyrs”, August 21, 1979 (case file of appendixes to the application, appendix 7, folio 1736, and case file of appendixes to the brief of pleadings and motions, PD-112, folio 2311), and press release published on June 4, 2000 in Reportajes en Presencia, “I never knew again of my father or my brother” [“Nunca más supe de mi padre ni de mi hermano”] (case file of appendixes to the brief of pleadings and motions, PD-121, folio 2391). 147 Cf. Communication of Martha Castro addressed to the “President and Member of the Executive Board and Deliberative Council of the Santa Cruz Bar Association”, on April 15, 1973 (case file of appendixes to the application, appendix 17, folio 1795; declaration rendered before public notary (affidavit) by Mrs. Martha Castro Mendoza (case file on the merits, volume III, folio 637), and declaration rendered during the public hearing (supra para. 8) by Mr. Tito Ibsen Castro.