40 14. on July 28, 1992, Mr. Vijil Hernández was summoned again and questioned by the “group of military who were transported in the helicopter,” accompanied by the Mayor of Colomoncagua and the Justice of the Peace. They asked where his son had taken the weapons, but he did not know what weapons they were referring to, so he told them that they could search the house. After this, the military took him to Tegucigalpa, to some military facilities, where he was interrogated by military officers, who asked him to clarify that it was not the army that had murdered his stepson and they told him to state that the crime had been committed by a group within the community. That same day, María Dominga Sánchez, the mother of the alleged victim, informed the press that her husband had been taken by the military to an unknown destination with no advance notice and that he had been threatened and intimidated by the military;50 15. on July 29, 1992, two uniformed officers took Mr. Vijil Hernández to render testimony at the Attorney General’s Office. On July 30, 1992, Mr. Vijil Hernández was taken back to Colomoncagua;51 16. on July 31, 1992, after the next of kin accused the armed forces of kidnapping and killing Juan Humberto Sánchez, General Luis Alonso Discua Elvir, in a statement to the daily newspaper El Heraldo, denied any participation of the armed forces in the murder and he specified that Sánchez –whom he called a criminal- had been a member of the Salvadoran guerrilla forces;52 D) With respect to the domestic remedies 17. on July 12, 1992, Juan José Vijil requested advice from priest Celso Sánchez regarding what had happened to Juan Humberto Sánchez, and the priest recommended that he file a complaint;53 50 Cf. Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before COFADEH on August 5, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled: “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 2 of the application, pp. 120 to 131; 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; and Statement by Modesto Rodas Hernández Hernández 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. 688 to 689. 51 Cf. Statement by Domitila Vijil Sánchez rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 3, 2003; Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before COFADEH on August 5, 1992 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled: “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 2 of the application, pp. 120 to 131. 52 Cf. Press reports published on July 31, 1992 in the daily newspaper El Heraldo, “Grupos anacrónicos de izquierda y derecha son los culpables de los últimos crímenes,” “Ajuste de cuentas” and “La criminalidad en el país es ideológica-política dice el general Discua,” in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 14 of the application, pp. 178 to 180. 53 Statement by Dominga Sánchez rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 3, 2003; Statement by Domitila Vijil Sánchez rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 3, 2003; Statement by Leonel Casco rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 3, 2003; Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before COFADEH on August 5, 1992, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo I,” Annex 2 of the application, pp. 120 to 131; and Sworn statement by Celso Sánchez Domínguez on February 28, 2003, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Transcripción de audiencia pública. Excepciones/Fondo/Reparaciones,” pp. 51 to 59.