Have you removed the panel that the switch is attached to, yet? It could give you a hint as to which direction to head to look for what it was attached to (engine or trunk area).

It looks like the switch is attached to panel #7 (see diagram below)...and that panel is secured with hardware (#8) which you can also see in the diagram below for an indication of what it looks like...and how the panel is fitted to the tranny tunnel/center console:

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