A/HRC/4/41 page 41 Guatemala Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 2 896 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 3 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 2 899 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A Yes Standard cases 186. The Working Group transmitted three newly reported cases of disappearance to the Government. The first case concerned Oscar Humberto Duarte Paiz, who reportedly disappeared in Quetzal in May 2006 after he was taken by six heavily armed men who were allegedly policemen. The second case referred to Tzulma América Vásquez Galán, a 26-year-old woman who disappeared in May 2006 when she was in the car on her way to work. The last case concerned Mayra Angelina Gutiérrez Hernández, a woman who disappeared in 2000 on her way to work. Information from the Government 187. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 188. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Mission 189. Following a decision of the Working Group at the seventy-eighth session, a request for a visit as part of a four-country initiative in Central America was sent to the Government on 23 May 2006. The Government agreed and the Working Group undertook a mission to Guatemala from 19 to 21 September 2006. The report of the mission is contained in document A/HRC/4/41/Add.1, and summarized in paragraph 41 above. Meetings 190. During the seventy-ninth session, the Working Group met with government representatives to discuss the planned visit to the country.

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