20 the decision to go to her mother; moreover, she would have completed her studies, because she was studying business administration in the university and she gave them up to be with her mother. The person who was most affected was her son of 15 years of age, who was studying basic secondary education. He said that he would have wanted to have his father at his side always, because the latter would have taught him many things that he cannot ask others, such as what to do when he has problems with his friends or when he is offered drugs. Finally, she has also changed the way she behaves and how she is since her husband’s death. Before that, she was his wife who looked after everything and this ended because, since his death “it is not the same, [...] [she now felt] like a robot that always has to do the same thing over and over again, working and working and nothing else, [she has] no time for [herself].” She thinks about her husband constantly, because if he were still here, she would not be enduring “this loneliness, working hard.” She hopes for justice from the proceeding, and “that they punish those who did this [...], because there was no reason [for doing it]”. h) Testimony of Manuel Alberto González Chinchilla, son of Manuel de Jesús González López He lives in Guatemala. He is 15 years of age and lives with his grandmother, María Luisa de Chinchilla, his sister, Silvia Argentina, aged 19, and his brother-in-law. He is studying basic secondary education. In the morning he goes to school, then he does his homework and afterwards goes out to play on the street; he likes sports, because his father played sports. He remembers the day they captured his father. Although he knows what happened to his father, he does not know the identity of the State agents who caused the latter’s death. He does not remember when his mother left, but she has been providing financial support to him and his sisters. In school, he was taught about human rights, the duty of citizens to obey the law and the obligation of the State to look after all citizens. However, owing to what happened to his father, this raised doubts, because “the book says one thing and the States does another.” He has not seen his mother for three years and he speaks to her by telephone every week or every two weeks. His oldest sister went to the United States because she wanted to be with their mother and he wants to go also, but cannot do anything about this. He has missed his father very much since he was very young. He remembers his father a great deal and would like to have him near. He wants to be like his father, he sees him as his guide because he considered him a good father, and this has motivated him to be like his father, because, where he lives, “there are many delinquents, many bad [persons] and [he] is not involved in any of this.” When taking a decision on a problem or a situation, he has felt the need to have his father near; for example, in his studies, because his father could have advised him about what profession he should study. He is now thinking about studying to be an architect or an airplane pilot. He senses “[his] father’s presence within himself”.