58 89. The representatives of the alleged victim asked the Court to declare that the State has violated the right to humane treatment set forth in Article 5 of the American Convention, in combination with Article 1 of that Convention, to the detriment of Juan Humberto Sánchez and of his next of kin as follows: María Dominga Sánchez (the mother); Juan José Vijil Hernández (the stepfather); Reina Isabel Sánchez (sister), María Milagro Sánchez (sister), Rosa Delia Sánchez (sister), Domitila Vijil Sánchez (sister); María Florinda Vijil Sánchez (sister), Juan Carlos Vijil Sánchez (brother), Celio Vijil Sánchez (brother), Julio Sánchez (brother), Donatila Argueta Sánchez (companion), Breidy Maybeli Sánchez Argueta (daughter), Velvia Lastenia Argueta Pereira (companion), and Norma Iveth Sánchez Argueta (daughter). 90. With the aim of substantiating their request, they alleged with respect to Juan Humberto Sánchez that: a) the detentions of Juan Humberto Sánchez, carried out by the Tenth Infantry Battalion, and by the First Battalion of Territorial Forces on July 10 and 11, 1992, respectively, were conducted in a violent and arbitrary manner and without an arrest warrant, a situation which caused great psychological suffering to the detainee. This anguish, which is typical of any illegal detention, becomes more acute in the framework of a pattern of disappearances and executions of persons detained in similar situations; b) the abandoned body of Juan Humberto Sánchez was found at the Río Negro, “between two large rocks, facing down, and [...] well bound as it had a rope tied to the neck, which went down toward the arms where he was also bound with that same rope, and the two legs and the feet were bound with that same rope [...].” The Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua and the experts who inspected the body stated that the corpse had an orifice in the forehead with an exit one in the back of the head, and “that part of the scalp was missing.” Furthermore, Juan José Vijil Hernández, the stepfather, and Pablo Vijil Argueta stated that the testicles, the nose and the ears had been severed from the body of the alleged victim, that it lacked part of its denture, and that the legs were bruised. The State was responsible for the physical safety of the alleged victim while he was under its custody. The State has been unable to explain the reasons why the corpse Juan Humberto Sánchez was found with grave signs of physical violence; and c) Juan Humberto Sánchez remained incommunicado during his two detentions; the period in which the alleged victim was retained in a clandestine manner was between two circumstances of extreme violence: forced capture and death by impact of a firearm. 91. With respect to the next of kin listed (supra 15), they alleged the following: a) the detentions suffered by Juan Humberto Sánchez caused suffering, anguish and fear to his next of kin, as they no longer were at ease, nor did they feel safe after the first detention of Juan Humberto Sánchez; b) during the second detention, Juan Humberto Sánchez was once again in the company of his family, at his home, in the presence of María Dominga Sánchez (the mother), Juan José Vijil Hernández (the stepfather), Domitila,