96 17 b) that before he entered the URNG, the victim worked in agriculture, together with other members of his family, and he contributed financially to household expenses;18 c) that starting in 1991, he was involved in the peace accord negotiations in Guatemala on behalf of the URNG;19 and that the “Agreement on the definitive cease fire” was reached in December, 199620 d) that on March 12, 1992, when there was a clash between the guerrilla forces and the army, Bámaca Velásquez was approximately 35 years old. He was detained and his forced disappearance began on that same date;21 e) that there was a practice in the army of capturing guerrilla fighters and keeping them in clandestine imprisonment and they were tortured at different military facilities, for the purpose of obtaining information useful to the army.22 In the case of Mr. Bámaca Velásquez, he was transferred to at least three military posts for the aforementioned purpose;23 f) that during his detention, Efraín Bámaca Velásquez was tortured and treated in cruel, inhuman, and degrading ways;24 g) that Efraín Bámaca Velásquez was last seen in the infirmary of Military Zone No. 18 in San Marcos where, tied to a metal bed, he was being questioned and tortured;25 h) that the victim had the aspiration of becoming involved in productive activities in his country, once the conflict ended;26 and See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraph d). 18 See Death certificate of Mr. Efraín Bámaca Velásquez; Testimony of Jennifer Harbury rendered at the Court on November 28, 2001; and Testimony of José León Bámaca Hernández rendered at the Court on November 28, 2001. 19 See Testimony of Jennifer Harbury rendered at the Court on November 28, 2001. 20 See Agreement on the basis for the definitive cease fire, Volume I on Reparations, at the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Appendix 7, fs. 22-28. 21 See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraphs a) and h). 22 See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraph f). 23 See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraphs i), j), k) and l). 24 See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraphs i) and l). 25 See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraph l). 26 See Testimony of Jennifer Harbury rendered at the Court on November 28, 2001.

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