16 the whereabouts of them, without obtaining any answer. Thanks to the information provided by a social worker, the next-of-kin heard that Hugo Ticona was badly injured and that state agents transferred him to the clinic URME in a deplorable physical condition, as a consequence of the torture he had suffered. Afterwards, he was taken to the military hospital of COSSMIL in the city of La Paz, where he was held incomunicado for two weeks. He was then transferred to the DOP of La Paz until September 12, 1980 when he saw his parents one more time and then, they took him to Conija, Department of Pando, where he spent the night. Finally, he was then transferred to Puerto Cavinas, Department of Beni, where he was imprisoned in a barracks with the possibility of getting out once a week under supervision, until November 4, 1980, date on which he was released. 53. More than 28 years have passed since Renato Ticona is disappeared, and his whereabouts or the location of his remains is still unknown.32 B) Details regarding Articles 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the American Convention, in relation to Article 1(1) therein and Articles I and XI of the IACFDP. 54. The Court has indicated that for the analysis of an alleged forced disappearance, the continuous and multiple-offense nature of the disappearance itself should be taken into account,33 which are reflected in the IACFDP that provides that “ forced disappearance is considered to be the act of depriving a person or persons of his or their freedom, in whatever way, perpetrated by agents of the state or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of the state, followed by an absence of information or a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the whereabouts of that person, thereby impeding his or her recourse to the applicable legal remedies and procedural guarantees [;] This offense shall be deemed continuous or permanent as long as the fate or whereabouts of the victim has not been determined”. 55. Furthermore, the Court has noted that other international treaties34 consider that the following cumulative and concurring elements constitute forced disappearance: a) the deprivation of liberty against the will of the person concerned; b) involvement of governmental officials, at least directly or by acquiescence, and c) refusal to disclose the fate and whereabouts of the person concerned.35 56. The Tribunal has observed that “the forced disappearance constitutes a violation of different legal interests that continues in time depending on the perpetrators’ will who, by refusing to offer information on the victim's whereabouts, interviewed by the press; on such occasions, they denounced the lack of answer from the State regarding the forced disappearance of their son. 32 Cf. Judgment of January 8, 2008 delivered by the Third Magistrate’s Court on Criminal Matters for the Judicial District of La Paz (Appendices to the response to the petition, Appendix 3, Volume 12, p. 4716 to 4737). 33 Cf. Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters v. El Salvador. Preliminary Objections. Judgment of November 23, 2004. Series C Nº. 118, para. 100; and Case of Heliodoro Portugal v. Panamá, supra note 13, para. 112. 34 Cf. United Nations Economic and Social Council, Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, General Observations to Article 4 of the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance, of January 15, 1996 4/1996/38), para. 55 and International Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearances. United Nations. Art.2. 35 Cf. Case of Gómez Palomino v. Perú. Merits, reparations, and costs. Judgment of November 22, 2005. Series C Nº. 136, para. 97; and Case of Heliodoro Portugal v. Panamá, supra note 13, para. 110.