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41.
the father, the mother, the siblings and the companion Donatila Argueta
Sánchez suffered pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage due to the detention,
torture, and extra-legal execution of Juan Humberto Sánchez.93 In this regard, the
following points stand out:
a)
the father and one of the companions, Donatila Argueta Sánchez,
began the search in various institutions and took pertinent judicial steps,
pursuant to domestic law, as well as international steps to locate Juan
Humberto Sánchez, all of which made them incur various expenses;94
b)
due to the capture of Juan Humberto Sánchez, his mother was taken
to the health center in Colomoncagua on July 13, 1992;95and after what
happened to Juan Humberto Sánchez, Juan José Vijil became ill and for two
years he could not work, for which reason some of his children had to drop
out of school to help the family;96
and Expansion of Statement by María Dominga Sánchez before COFADEH on November 10, 2001 in a file
at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Anexos correspondientes al escrito de observaciones de los
representantes de la presunta víctima y sus familiares ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos
Humanos,” Annex 9, pp. 26 to 37.
93
Statement by María 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;
Expert Opinion of Leo Valladares Lanza rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 4, 2003;
Expert Opinion of Deborah Munczek rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 4, 2003;
Expansion of Statement by María Dominga Sánchez before COFADEH on November 10, 2001 in a file at
the Secretariat of the Court entitled; “Anexos correspondientes al escrito de observaciones de los
representantes de la presunta víctima ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos,” Annex 9, pp.
26 to 37; and Certificate issued by the maternal and children’s health care clinic of Médecins sans
Frontières on January 23, 1993 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez.
Fondo. Tomo V,” p. 1804.
94
Statement by María 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;
Expansion of the testimony by Donatila Argueta Sánchez before COFADEH on November 26, 2001 in a file
at the Secretariat of the Court entitled; “Anexos correspondientes al escrito de observaciones de los
representantes de la presunta víctima y sus familiares ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos
Humanos,” Annex 14, pp. 45 to 46; Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández before the Justice of the
Peace in Colomoncagua on March 9, 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. 680 to 681; and Attestation of
money lent to Ms. Donaitila Argueta Sánchez in 1992 and 1993, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court
entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo V,” p. 1801.
95
Statement by María 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 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 by María Dominga Sánchez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on February 22,
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, p. 678; Statement by Juan José Vijil Hernández. before the Justice of the
Peace in Colomoncagua on March 9, 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. 680 to 681; Expansion of
Statement by María Dominga Sánchez before COFADEH on November 10, 2001, in a file at the Secretariat
of the Court entitled “Anexos correspondientes al escrito de observaciones de los representantes de la
presunta víctima y sus familiares ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos,” Annex 9, pp. 26 to
37; and Photographs of María Dominga Sánchez at the place where Juan Humberto Sánchez was buried
and when she was being taken to the hospital at Colomoncagua, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court
entitled “Transcripción de audiencia pública. Excepciones/Fondo/Reparaciones, pp. 333 to 335.
96
Statement by Dominga Sánchez rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 3, 2003;
and Expert Opinion of Deborah Munczek rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 4, 2003.
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