13 Eight days after they had moved into María Elsa Chipana-Flores’ home, on or about 1 a.m., they were awakened by a noise apparently produced by something falling in the kitchen, for which reason the witness thought the house was being burglarized. A few moments later, with a strong blow, the door was knocked down and several persons with powerful flashlights and covered faces stomped in. They took Santiago by his head, threw him onto the floor and ordered him not to shout while pointing him with a long gun; another man pointed his gun at the witness and ordered her to turn round and not to shout, as he threatened her that he would have her disappeared; they tied her hands and her baby remained on the bed. The witness remembers how Santiago was beaten and insulted, and that they asked him for names of people he did not know. Later, they asked everybody for their identification documents, which they took from Santiago’s pants pocket and from the witness’s purse. Santiago told his inquirers that he was “Israelite”, but this only triggered more insults. Then, she heard a poignant cry of pain, but she could not turn round. At the end, there was nothing but silence. When she finally got untied, she went out and managed to see a white van speeding off. María Elsa ChipanaFlores and the witness remained in anguish because they did not know what could be done to Santiago and because they thought the perpetrators could come back for them both. The following morning the witness asked for permission from the dwellers of the house where she worked to go and look for Santiago. She accompanied Victoria Margarita, mother of the victim, and his sisters in the first steps of the search. She resorted to the office of “Disappeared Persons”, hospitals, the police and the morgue. They all felt guilty for what had happened to Santiago. The witness stayed for only two more days at the Chipana-Flores home, because she did not feel at ease there. She then moved in with Victoria Margarita, hoping to find Santiago. Despite these efforts, she could no longer walk the streets without thinking that she was being followed. Santiago was a good person, he took care of his brother and sisters and his mother; he was like a father for his family. His disappearance affected them much, as he was the main source of support, he always worried about food, clothing and education for his brother and sisters. He gave moral and financial support to the witness, he protected her and cared a lot for her little son. They had wished they could get married and become a family. She expects that the individuals responsible for this will “pay for the disappearance” of Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino, and thus justice be served, especially on behalf of his mother, daughter, brother and sisters. c) Expert psychologist opinion by María del Pilar Raffo-Lavalle de Quiñones, The expert carried out a number of both individual and group interviews with three generations of the next of kin of Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino: his mother, his sisters, his brother and his daughter, in order to assess the psychological sequelae resulting from the forced disappearance of Mr. Gómez-Palomino on each of them, as well as the psychological damage caused to the family group. The expert believes