37 rope around the kneck, crossing his chest and binding the hands and feet toward his back; there was a bullet wound that entered through the forehead and the exit orifice was at the base of the skull; the nose, ears and genitals had been severed, and there were several flayings on the back;46 9 of the application, pp. 146 to 147; Letter addressed by COFADEH to the Constitutional Compliance Committee of the National Congress on September 3, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 19 of the application, pp. 187 to 192; Statement by Pablo Vijil Argueta before the Inter-Institutional Human Rights Committee of the Republic of Honduras on July 28, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 20 of the application, pp. 193 to 194; Record of the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua of July 22, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled: “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 24 of the application, p. 249; Statement by José Alfredo Ramos before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on July 23, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 648 to 649; Statement by Leonidas Márquez Del Cid before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on July 24, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 649; Statement by Santos Amaya before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on July 27, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 649 to 650; Statement by José Alberto Ramos Alvarado before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on July 27, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 650; Statement by José Alberto Ramos Alvarado before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on July 27, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 650; Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on August 3, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 650; Certification by the Municipal Civil Registry Office of Colomoncagua of the death certificate of Juan Humberto Sánchez of September 24, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 657 to 658; Statement by Leonardo Sorto Hernández before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on March 12, 1993 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 667 to 668; Statement by Leonidas Márquez Del Cid before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on March 9, 1995 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 683; Statement by José Alberto Ramos Alvarado before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on March 10, 1995 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 687; Statement by Santos Amaya Canales before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on March 10, 1995 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 687 to 688; Commitment order against Ángel Belisario Hernández by the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá on October 13, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 717; and Certification of death certificate of August 26, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Anexos correspondientes al escrito de observaciones de los representantes de la presunta víctima y sus familiares ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos,” Annex 8, p. 25. 46 Cf. Letter by General Luis Alonso Discua Elvir to the Attorney General, Leonardo Matute Murillo on August 3, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 5 of the application, pp. 136 to 137; Statement to the press by María Dominga Sánchez, press report in the daily newspaper La Tribuna “parientes de muchacho asesinado denuncian amenazas de militares” on July 31, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 6 of the application, p. 138; Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before the InterInstitutional Human Rights Committee of the Republic of Honduras on July 28, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled: “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 9 of the application, pp. 146 to 147; Trial document of the Second Court of First Instance of Intibucá October 13, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled: “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 11 of the application, pp. 150 to 151; Letter addressed by COFADEH to the Constitutional Compliance Committee of the National Congress on September 3, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 19 of the application, pp. 187 to 192; Statement by Pablo Vijil Argueta before the Inter-Institutional Human Rights Committee of the Republic of Honduras on July 28, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled: “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 20 of the application, pp. 193 to 194; Habeas Corpus remedy filed before the Appellate Court of Comayagua on July 20, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 24 of the application, p. 248; Record of the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua of July 22, 1992 on the finding of the body of Juan Sánchez and ordering the arrest of those responsible in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 24 of the application, p. 249; Statement by