22 When the witness learned of his son's disappearance, he went to the police station to file a report. Then, he went to the press and the radio. He also went to the Army's Fifth Brigade, where the General who attended him, mocked him. Consequently, he returned to the radio station and to the newspaper “Vanguardia Liberal”, where they told him that he should file a report with the Santander Attorney, who told him that he should have recourse to the Attorney General in Bogotá, who did not receive them. Subsequently, a new Attorney General took office, and he received them and immediately called the Ministry of Justice and the Administrative Department of Security (DAS); at which time, the investigations began. The witness made four trips to Bogotá to report what had happened to his son. One of those who participated in the “disappearance,” said later that “they had dismembered them and thrown them in the river.” The wife of the witness changed a great deal; she became ill, she could not leave the house, she remained lying down, she cried a lot, she developed an irregular heartbeat; she lost her voice, and her appetite. Since the disappearance of his son, the witness feels deep despair, terrible frustration, anger, impotence and pain. From then on, the witness and his wife suffered great penury, since it was Víctor Manuel who took care of them. The witness feels very bad because he does not know where his son's remains are. Also, because those responsible, that is, “the self defense groups” and “accomplices of the Government”, have not been punished; he feels pain and impotence owing to the impunity that this implies. The witness requests the Court to ensure that justice is done. The witness would like to receive the remains of his son in order to give them a Christian burial and that “a plaque or something similar” be made in memory of the alleged victims. B) TESTIMONIAL AND EXPERT EVIDENCE 72. On April 21, 2004, the Court heard the statements of the witnesses and the report of the expert witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission (supra para. 52). The Court will now summarize the relevant parts of these statements and the expert report: a. Testimonial statement by Salomón Flórez Contreras, brother of the alleged victim, Antonio Flórez Contreras When the alleged victim disappeared, the witness had nine siblings and Antonio was one of the youngest. The father of the witness had died and Antonio took charge of his mother. In 1987, Antonio was married to Marina Pérez and they had five children. Antonio was a good, peaceful person. The witness had an excellent relationship with his brother. They worked together transporting people in the witness's car; they worked on a route in the northern part of Colombia. For the journey on which the alleged victim was disappeared, he was driving a blue 1955 model van that Alvaro (Lobo Pacheco), also disappeared, had given him for work. This work consisted in transporting electrical home appliances from Cúcuta to