13 was breached, that domestic legislation forbade arrests between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and furthermore that the finding of the body of Juan Humberto Sánchez was notorious and public, showing signs of torture of his genitals, his tongue, and a shot in the forehead. Juan Humberto Sánchez was buried in the same area where he was found, and the judge justified this conduct due to the state of decay of the body. Nevertheless, its disinterment was not requested to carry out an autopsy and to establish cause of death. Finally, even though the Justices of the Peace can only hear the preliminary proceedings for a month and must refer the case to the departmental courts of first instance, in the case of Juan Humberto Sánchez it took them two years to refer the file to the higher court. d) Testimony of Luis Alonso Discua Elvir, former commander in chief of the armed forces Unit 316 was formed in 1983, to provide military intelligence and counterintelligence, in case of war, for the two major units with brigade-level armed forces. The armed forces had only three brigades: 110, 115 and 101, and the sum of the three constituted 316. They could participate in any war theater or in any neighboring country, such as Nicaragua. In 1992, he was the commander in chief of the armed forces, responsible for the military institution as a whole and for all the components of the armed forces that were under that command. He does not remember the functions of the territorial forces, because although they belonged to the army they were not under his command, but under that of the respective lieutenant colonel or colonel. He does not remember the units called “Tucán,” nor whether he received intelligence reports in connection with them. He emphasized that a helicopter of the Honduran army had been shot down in the border area with El Salvador by agents of the Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional. Due to the amnesty, people who had been involved in the conflicts in the countries of the region began to return. He knew Enmanuel Flores Mejía, who was the commander of the Tenth Infantry Battalion until December 31, 1992. He knew Colonel Manuel Quintanilla Hernández, but he does not remember his rank. He did not know Captain Nelson Lagos nor does he recall the existence of a military detachment called “La Concepción”. Officer Ángel Belisario Hernández González was a member of the Tenth Infantry Battalion headquartered in Marcala and with jurisdiction in Colomoncagua. He acted in response to a request by the mayor of the municipality of Colomoncagua and the Justice of the Peace, who had received a complaint from the inhabitants of the community of Santo Domingo for alleged threats and attacks against them, carried out by Juan Humberto Sánchez, who dressed in semi-uniform and with illegal military gear not commonly used. According to the Constitution, no citizen can be detained without a court order, unless the person is found in fraganti and in that type of situations the commanders act independently, always under constitutional