20 who were obliged to say that they wished to abandon the rebel groups and, to this end, requested the collaboration of the Armed Forces;29 58.3. It was the Army’s practice to capture guerrillas and keep them in clandestine detention in order to obtain useful information for the Army, through physical and psychological torture;30 Regarding the detention of Maritza Urrutia 58.4. On July 23, 1992, while walking along 5th Avenue of Zone 13 of Guatemala City, after leaving her son in school, Maritza Urrutia was abducted by three armed men, dressed in civilian clothes, who forced her to enter a white car with polarized windows, driven by a fourth individual.31 The previous day, when she had been walking along the same avenue, Maritza Urrutia was watched and followed by unknown men;32 58.5. Once in the vehicle, Maritza Urrutia’s head was covered by a hood and she was transferred to the installations of the Guatemalan Army’s clandestine detention center known as “La Isla” [the Island], which is located behind the Ambulant Military Police, in 16th Avenue and 13th Street of Zone 6 of Guatemala City. She remained captive there for eight days.33 At least eight Army experts and two officers, all members of the Guatemalan Army’s intelligence unit, took part in these acts;34 Regarding the detention conditions of Maritza Urrutia 29 Cf. Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala, memoria del silencio, Tome IV, p. 245 and Report of the Inter-Diocesan Project for the Recovery of the Historic Memory, “Guatemala: Nunca Más: los mecanismos del horror”, Tome II, pp. 198-199. 30 Cf. Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala, memoria del silencio, Tome II, pp. 21, 22 and 23 and Report of the Inter-Diocesan Project for the Recovery of the Historic Memory “Guatemala: Nunca Más: los mecanismos del horror”, Tome II, pp. 52 to 54. 31 Cf. Testimony of Maritza Urrutia before the Court on February 20, 2003; sworn statement of Maritza Urrutia made on February 24, 1993, before a public notary in Washington, D.C., United States (file of attachments to the application, attachment 1, folios 01 to 31); and Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala, memoria del silencio, Tome VI, illustrative case No. 33, “Privación arbitraria de libertad y tortura de Maritza Urrutia” [Arbitrary detention and torture of Maritza Urrutia], pp. 245 to 250 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 2, folios 32 to 37). 32 Cf. Testimony of Maritza Urrutia to the Court on February 20, 2003; and sworn statement of Maritza Urrutia, made on February 24, 1993, before a public notary in Washington, D.C., United States (file of attachments to the application, attachment 1, folios 01 to 31). 33 Cf. Testimony of Maritza Urrutia before the Court on February 20, 2003; sworn statement of Maritza Urrutia made on February 24, 1993, before a public notary in Washington, D.C., United States (file of attachments to the application, attachment 1, folios 01 to 31); Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala, memoria del silencio, Tome VI, illustrative case No. 33, “Privación arbitraria de libertad y tortura de Maritza Urrutia”, pp. 245 to 250 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 2, folios 32 to 37); and statement of Maritza Urrutia García on the place where she was detained and document entitled “descripción del lugar donde estuve secuestrada” [description of the place where I was detained] (file of attachments to the application, attachment 4, folios 53 to 56). 34 Cf. Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala, memoria del silencio, Tome VI, illustrative case No. 33, “Privación arbitraria de libertad y tortura de Maritza Urrutia”, pp. 245 to 250 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 2, folios 32 to 37); and testimony of Daniel Robert Saxon before the Court on February 21, 2003.