23 person who could be the boy José Adrián Rochac Hernández.” However, according to the State, the investigation process has not concluded, and therefore his identification has not been completed. C. Facts related to the forced disappearance of Santos Ernesto Salinas 61. Santos Ernesto Salinas was born on November 28, 1972, in the canton of San Antonio Achichilquito, municipality of San Vicente, in the department of San Vicente.79 He is the son of María Adela Iraheta and Manuel Eugenio Salinas 80 and brother of María Estela,81 Amparo82 and Josefa,83 and, on his mother’s side, of Julio Antonio84 and Felipe Flores Iraheta.85 62. At the time of the events, the Salinas family lived in the canton of San Nicolás Lempa, jurisdiction of Tecoluca, in the department of San Vicente.86 On October 15, 1981, the guerrillas destroyed the bridge known as Puente de Oro across the Río Lempa, in the canton of San Nicolás Lempa.87 In response, a few days later, the Salvadoran army carried out a military operation in that place.88 The Atlacatl Battalion and the National Guard ordered the eviction of the families that lived in the area near the bridge.89 63. On October 25, 1981, Santos Ernesto Salinas, who was almost nine years old, was outside his home with his father and a young man named Wilber Torres. As the soldiers approached, the boy and Torres fled toward the home of the latter’s aunt, a woman by the name of Tomasa Torres, who had a Cf. Birth certificate of Santos Ernesto Salinas issued by the Family Status Registry of the Municipal Office of San Vicente (evidence file, volume IV, annex 12 to the submission of the case, folio 1895). 79 Cf. Birth certificate of Santos Ernesto Salinas issued by the Family Status Registry of the Municipal Office of San Vicente (evidence file, volume IV, annex 12 to the submission of the case, folio 1895). 80 Cf. National identity document of María Estela Salinas de Figueroa issued by the National Registry of Natural Persons (evidence file, volume XI, annexes to the final written arguments, folio 4954). 81 Cf. National identity document of Amparo Salinas de Hernández issued by the National Registry of Natural Persons (evidence file, volume XI, annexes to the final written arguments, folio 4953). 82 Cf. Death certificate of Josefa Salinas Iraheta issued by the Family Status Registry of the Municipal Office of Usulután (evidence file, volume XI, annexes to the final written arguments, folio 4955). 83 Cf. National identity document of Julio Antonio Flores Iraheta issued by the National Registry of Natural Persons (evidence file, volume XI, annexes to the final written arguments, folio 4952). 84 Cf. National identity document of Felipe Flores Iraheta issued by the National Registry of Natural Persons (evidence file, volume XI, annexes to the final written arguments, folio 4951). 85 Cf. Sworn statement before a notary public of Juana Francisca Bonilla, July 15, 2013 (evidence file, volume V, annex 52 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 2533); and affidavit of Julio Antonio Flores of 22 July 2013 (evidence file, volume V, annex 54 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 2538). 86 Cf. Affidavit rendered by Julio Antonio Flores Iraheta on March 20, 2014 (evidence file, volume X, affidavits, folio 4741); Writ of habeas corpus before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court presented by María Adela Iraheta on October 17, 2002 (evidence file, volume IV, annex 13 to the submission of the case, folio 1897), and newspaper report published in “Diario Latino” on October 29, 1981, entitled “‘Enveloping attack by the army in the Oriental Zone” (evidence file, volume IV, annex 14 to the submission of the case, folio 1902). 87 Cf. Affidavit rendered by Julio Antonio Flores Iraheta on March 20, 2014 (evidence file, volume X, affidavits, folio 4741); Writ of habeas corpus before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court presented by María Adela Iraheta on October 17, 2002 (evidence file, volume IV, annex 13 to the submission of the case, folio 1897), and newspaper report published in the “Diario Latino” on October 29, 1981 entitled “‘Enveloping attack by the army in the Oriental Zone” (evidence file, volume IV, annex 14 to the submission of the case, folio 1902). 88 Cf. Writ of habeas corpus before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court filed by María Adela Iraheta on October 17, 2002 (evidence file, volume IV, annex 13 to the submission of the case, folios 1897 to 1900). 89