23 moment soldiers approached, and even though some of the persons who were fleeing were hiding in the jungle, other remained in the area known as Quebrada Seca. This last group was discovered, surrounded, and subjected to multiple gunshots by the soldiers. After the assassination of these persons, the soldiers captured the children Manuel Antonio Bonilla Osorio and Ricardo Ayala Abarca, along with 110 María Josefa Rosales, Ester Ayala Abarca, María Esperanza Alvarado, and Mauricio Osorio Alvarado. 130. The soldiers, on not finding the other residents who were hiding, left with the civilians who they had captured. After a few kilometers they released María Josefa Rosales, given her old age, turning 111 her over to Ester Ayala Abarca and Mauricio Osorio Alvarado. 131. To date, the whereabouts of the children Manuel Antonio Bonilla and Ricardo Ayala Abarca remain unknown. 132. Ricardo Ayala Abarca and Manuel Antonio Bonilla appear in the Truth Commission report as victims of homicide, on August 18, 1982, at the hands of the Armed Forces of El Salvador; they appear 112 in the lists of persons about whom the information is from “indirect sources.” 2. Domestic Proceedings a. Investigation by the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson 133. On May 31, 1996, the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda submitted several cases of disappeared children to the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson, among them those of Ricardo Ayala Abarca 113 and Manuel Bonilla Osorio. 134. On September 7, 2004, the Office of the Ombudsperson issued a report on Ernestina and Erlinda Serrano Cruz, and in that report detailed the case of Ricardo Ayala Abarca and Manuel Bonilla Osorio, recommending to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic that it investigate the 114 disappearances of 136 children, not yet resolved. This report was transmitted to the President of the Republic, the Attorney General of the Republic, the Public Advocate of the Republic, the Constitutional 115 Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Minister of National Defense. b. Habeas corpus proceeding 135. On February 18, 2003, Petronila Abarca Alvarado filed a writ of habeas corpus before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on the disappearance of her son Ricardo Ayala Abarca. At the same time, on February 27, 2003, María de los Ángeles Osorio filed a writ of habeas corpus before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the disappearance of her 116 son Manuel Antonio Bonilla Osorio. 110 Facts narrated by the petitioners, recognized by the State. 111 Facts narrated by the petitioners, recognized by the State. 112 From Madness to Hope: The 12-Year War in El Salvador: Report of the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador, Annex: Tome II, 6. List of victims presented to the Commission with Indirect Source, pp. 16 and 20. Annex 1. http://www.fundacionpdh.org/lesahumanidad/informes/elsalvador/informe-de-la-locura-a-la-esperanza.htm. 113 Annex xx. Note of March 31, 1996, from the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda to the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson. 114 Resolutions of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson, September 7, 2004. 115 Resolutions of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson, September 7, 2004. 116 Annex xx. Judgment of Habeas Corpus, Constitutional Chamber, Supreme Court of Justice, March 6, 2003; and Annex xx. Judgment of Habeas Corpus, Constitutional Chamber, Supreme Court of Justice, May 26, 2003.