3 10. They say that when Otilia Flores returned after three days in detention there were still soldiers at her house along with her minor children Lorena and Herminio. 11. They say that at midnight that day (November 26, 1981) approximately 40 individuals belonging to the Army, police, and DIN entered the home of the parents of Herminio Deras without a court order, breaking doors and windows. As they did not find Herminio Deras they detained his brother, Luis Rolando Deras García and physically assaulted the house's occupants, including the girl Irma Isabel Deras. When asked why they were arresting Luis Rolando, they replied, "Give us Herminio and you can have this one back.” Luis Rolando was held for three days at DIN facilities and, according to the petitioners, tortured and intensively interrogated. 12. They say that on January 1, 1982, the home of Herminio Deras and Otilia Flores was shot up by unknown individuals with machine guns 13. They add that on January 26, 1983, Herminio Deras, who had been sought by the security forces since November 1981, told his father that traffic police had stopped him and taken down the number of his car license plate. He, therefore, feared for his life and asked him if they could exchange vehicles. His father, hoping it might force him seek asylum and so leave the country, refused. 14. The petitioners say that on January 29, 1983, Herminio Deras was detained by members of the security forces as he was driving in his vehicle and extrajudicially executed. 15. The petitioners say that the persecution of the Deras family continued even after Herminio Deras’s murder. In that regard, they say that in June 1984, the Deras García family home was again raided and nine of its members detained,2 including a 14-year-old boy, and taken to the DIN cells, where they were allegedly subjected to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. They say that while agents of the State were beating one of Herminio Deras’s sisters, one of them said, “Cut out her tongue. She's the dead communist’s sister.” 16. In those circumstances, they say that on June 12, 1987, Domingo Deras, Herminio’s father, committed suicide. 17. In addition, the petitioners alleged that in 2002 they received threats from family members of the military official involved in the judicial proceeding when they appeared as witnesses in the trial for the murder of Herminio Deras García. They also say that in the context of the coup d'état in Honduras in 2009, the Deras García family was again subjected to harassment. 18. They say that the combination of alleged violations brought about the family's disintegration, given that several of its members had to leave the country. They say that they have been caused severe emotional distress coupled with the pain and suffering as a result of the murder of Herminio Deras. 19. The petitioners say that that the extrajudicial execution of Herminio Deras and the other violations described in the petition were reported to the competent authorities by his next of kin; 2 Specifically, the petitioners alleged the detention of Irma Isabel Deras, Domingo Deras, Sandra Ivon Hernández Deras, Consuelo Deras, Marlen García, Cristóbal Hernández, José Herminio García Barahona (Irma Deras’s common-law spouse), Julio César Chavarría Banegas, and Héctor Deras.