It was possible to establish the identity of three of the skeletons: Marta Julia Chen Osorio, Demetrio Osorio Lajuj and Margarita Chen Uscap.164 103. Furthermore, on February 19, 20 and 21, 1996, in a clandestine cemetery, the exhumation was carried out of the remains of members of the Río Negro community who died during the Agua Fría massacre,165 On March 18, 1996, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, which took part in the exhumation, issued an anthropological report indicating that, the best preserved samples it had obtained revealed that a minimum of 14 people had been killed and that it could not exclude “the possibility that there were more, but never less.” The report also indicated that, despite the condition of the osseous remains, it had been able to determine that the victims’ death had been violent166 and that, “recently,” the cemetery had been partially sacked, “with no information on the quantity or quality of the evidence lost.”167 104. On April 8, 9 and 11, 1997, an exhumation was carried out in a place known as “Monte Redondo,” in the village of Chitucán, municipality of Rabinal, during which the bodies of Juana Osorio, Mateo Pérez Siana, and Estefanía and Gregoria Pérez Vargas were exhumed.168 Nevertheless, these persons are not among the victims in this case.169 105. The Court has no further information on the status of the exhumations or if any new steps have been taken within the framework of the investigation into the Pacoxom and Agua Fría massacres. c.3. Request for information from State authorities and measures taken to capture former Colonel José Antonio González Solares 106. On November 8, 1993, the First Instance Criminal Court of Baja Verapaz asked the Commander of the Departmental Military Reserve Forces for information on Carlos Chen Gómez, Tomás Gómez Gonzáles and Pedro Gonzáles Gómez in order to determine whether they were members of the PAC on March 13, 1982.170 The request was repeated on January 164 Cf. note of May 3, 1994, in Criminal Proceedings 001-98-1, and Order of the First Instance Court of Salamá, Baja Verapaz, of December 9, 1993 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome II, folios 10151018 and 1124-1138) 165 Cf. communication of the Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service of March 4, 1996, and record of exhumation of February 19, 1996 (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folios 29248 to 29251 and 29316). 166 Cf. Report of Forensic Anthropology Investigations in the village of de Agua Fría presented by the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folio 29344). 167 Report of Forensic Anthropology Investigations in the village of Agua Fría presented by the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folio 29346). 168 Cf. record of exhumation of corpses performed on April 8, 9 and 11, 1997 (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folios 29565 to 29568). 169 The Court also has information on several people named “Juana Osorio” with another surname; thus it is not possible to verify whether the supposed remains of “Juana Osorio” found during the excavation in Monte Redondo belong to one of them. 170 Cf. communication of the First Instance Court for Crime, Drug-trafficking and Offenses against the Environment of Baja Verapaz of January 25, 1994 (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folio 28718). 45

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents