-10695(160)). These facts constitute acts contrary to the humane treatment of the next of kin of those who disappeared or were deprived of life. 156. During the days following these events, the next of kin tried to find their loved ones and to denounce what had happened. They went to the roadblocks and to the military bases, and to the municipal authorities in Turbo, where they stayed for several days under very difficult conditions awaiting some kind of response. When they did not obtain this, they returned to Pueblo Bello. 157. More than three months after the facts of this case occurred, several of the alleged victims’ next of kin went to the Montería hospital to identity some corpses. However, the authorities did not offer them any assistance and they were unable to identify their next of kin, because only six of the disappeared were identified (supra paras. 95(74) and 95(75)). The conditions in which they found the bodies, decomposed and in plastic bags on the floor, as well as the fact that they had observed the state of the bodies and the injuries, caused great suffering and anguish to the next of kin of the persons disappeared and deprived of life since they assumed their loved ones had suffered a similar fate. 158. The events of January 1990 have never been the subject of a complete and effective investigation. The case file shows that very few of the next of kin were summoned to make statements by the authorities and also that their participation in the domestic proceedings has been very limited (infra para. 185). On previous occasions, the Court has found that the absence of effective recourses is an additional source of suffering and anguish for the victims and their next of kin.226 159. It should also be emphasized that, following the events of January 1990, several of the inhabitants of Pueblo Bello have left Colombia or were displaced from this jurisdiction (supra para. 95(161) and infra para. 225), as a result of the fear and anguish caused by the facts and the subsequent situation; they have also suffered the effects of forced internal displacement. Some of them have had to return against their will, because they were unable to find means of subsistence elsewhere. 160. As can be seen, the next of kin of the individuals who allegedly disappeared and were deprived of life have suffered serious harm as a result of the events of January 1990, owing to the disappearance and/or deprivation of life of these persons, due to the failure to find the bodies of those who disappeared and, in some cases, to the fear of living in Pueblo Bello. All this, in addition to affecting their physical, mental and moral integrity, has had an impact on their social and labor relations, and has altered their family dynamics (supra paras. 95(160) and 95(161)). 161. In addition, the fact that today, 16 years after the events, 37 of the 43 persons continue disappeared means that the next of kin have not been able to honor their deceased loved ones appropriately. In cases involving forced disappearance, the Court has stated that the violation of the right to mental and moral integrity of the next of kin of a victim is a direct consequence of this phenomenon;227 they suffer greatly as a result of the act itself, and their suffering is 226 Cf. Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 7, para. 145; Case of the Moiwana Community, supra note 7, para. 94, and Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters, supra note 214, paras. 113 to 115. 227 Cf. Case of Blanco Romero et al., supra note 10, para. 59; Case of Gómez Palomino, supra note 10, para. 61, and Case of the 19 Merchants, supra note 192, para. 211.