39 family in Pilar, Paraguay; he practiced his profession and also collaborated with the family’s upkeep. 61(46) On November 25, 1974, the brothers Benjamín and Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba were detained. Benjamín Ramírez Villalba, who lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was detained while entering Paraguay, through the town of Fernando de la Mora, on his way to visit his companion, María Magdalena Galeano.40 Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba was detained in Asunción on the same day.41 They were both transferred to the Investigations Department where they remained detained. 61(47) The Ramírez Villalba brothers were accused of belonging “to a terrorist group that was preparing an attempt on Stroessner’s life,” supposedly headed Dr. Goiburú. 61(48) Benjamín and Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba were detained in the Police Investigations Department in a small cell, together with Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro, Gladis Ester Ríos de Mancuello, Amilcar Oviedo, María Magdalena Galeano and Mario Mancuello, father of Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro (supra para. 61(34)). Subsequently, they were transferred to the “Guardia de Seguridad” maximum security prison where they were confined in 1975 and, in mid-1975, they were returned to the Investigations Department. As of that date and until September 1976, their names “appeared on all the Investigations Department’s lists of detainees.” Already, in 1977, the State had officially acknowledged the detention of Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba before the Inter-American Commission. 61(49) Benjamín and Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba remained detained for 22 months, during which they were subjected to torture, and they disappeared in similar circumstances to Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro (supra paras. 61(35) to 61(40)). Their disappearance also corresponds to one of the modus operandi for forced disappearance used in Paraguay at the time. 61(50) The next of kin of the brothers Rodolfo and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba also suffered intense emotional and psychological effects owing to their disappearance. In addition, they have suffered financial difficulties, since the Ramírez Villalba brothers devoted part of their income to help maintain their family. 40 Cf. statement made before notary public (affidavit) by Julio Darío Ramírez Villalba, supra note 35, folio 6275. 41 Cf. Es mi informe, supra note 11, p. 222. According to Julio Darío Ramírez Villalba’s statement, Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba was detained in Clorinda, Province of Formosa, Argentina, by Police from the Paraguayan Investigations Department and Argentine Police, and then transferred to that Department. However, according to the State’s acknowledgement of responsibility, it is found that it has been proved that the place and method of detaining Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba occurred as described in the Commission’s application.