San José, Costa Rica, May 16, 2024. - In the Judgment notified today in the Case of Cuéllar Sandoval et al. v. El Salvador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the State of El Salvador responsible for the forced disappearance of Patricia Emilie Cuéllar Sandoval, Mauricio Cuéllar Cuéllar and Julia Orbelina Pérez. It also concluded that the disappearance of Patricia Emilie Cuéllar Sandoval was a violation of the right to defend human rights, and declared the responsibility of El Salvador for the effects on the victims’ next of kin.