42 22. on October 22, 1992 the Justice of the Peace stated that “having carried out the first steps in the preliminary proceedings [...] these files are to be shelved [...] to continue afterwards if necessary;”59 23. on February 17, 1993 the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua forwarded the file to the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá , for it to be filed.60 Five days later, the Second Court of First Instance returned the file to the Justice of the Peace for annulment of the testimony of the parents of the alleged victim rendered in August, 1992, due to formal shortcomings.61 On March 4, 1993, they rendered testimony again before the Justice of the Peace;62 24. on February 20, 1995 the Public Prosecutor appeared before the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua, to request that 21 persons be summoned again, and they were once more summoned to render testimony.63 On February 22, 1995, the Department of Intibucá on the status of the proceeding on October 8, 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. 716. 59 Order ending the investigative stage and shelving order by the Justice of the Peace for Criminal Matters of Colomoncagua of October 22, 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. 660. 60 Document forwarded by the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua to the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá, with the preliminary proceedings conducted for their shelving on February 17, 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, p. 661. 61 Writ by the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá in which it returns the case file for the Justice of the Peace to annul the testimony of María Dominga Sánchez and Juan José Vijil Hernández, of February 22, 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, p. 662. 62 Statement by María Dominga Sánchez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on March 4, 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, p. 662 to 663; and Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on March 4, 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. 663 to 664. 63 Appearance by the Prosecutor’s Office on February 20, 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. 669; Statement by Purificación Hernández Alvarado before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 21, 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. 670; Statement by Vicente Hernández Pineda before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 21, 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. 670 to 671; Statement by Clemente Sánchez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 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. 672; Statement by Domingo Hernández Canales before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 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. 672 to 673; Statement by Miguel Hernández, before the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua February 22, 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. 673; Statement by Lorenzo Marquez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 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. 674; Statement by Lorena Marquez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 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. 674 to 675; Statement by José Antonio Hernández Canales before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 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. 675; Statement by Gonzalo Gómez Amaya before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 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. 675 to 676; Statement by María Milagro Sánchez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22, 1995 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court