92 previously with the municipality’s civil society organizations so that it meets their expectations; d) The State should create a place of recreation, on the site where the Rabinal military detachment was located, and discuss its “form and symbolism” with civil society. Since the community museum is requesting this site for its premises, the State should provide financial support to this initiative; e) The State should immediately provide the National Compensation Plan and the National Commission against Racism and Discrimination with the resources needed to allow them to carry out their mandates; f) The State should make a public apology, through the Constitutional President of the Republic, Oscar Berger Perdomo, for this massacre and the others that took place during the internal armed conflict; g) The State should produce a video on the facts of the Plan de Sánchez massacre, the displacement of the survivors, the destruction of the social fabric, the psychosocial impact of impunity, the quest for compensation, the recovery of the historical memory, the dignification of the dead, the authorship of the acts, and the historical record to understand why it happened; h) The State should conduct a thorough investigation into the facts, and prosecute and punish those responsible. An initial measure towards this end, would be to strengthen the office of the Special Cases Prosecutor; this office is responsible for preparing a trial for the crime of genocide in Guatemala, which includes the Plan de Sánchez massacre and massacres in another ten Mayan communities in different departments of the country that were victims of similar human rights violations, and i) The State should make a “symbolic payment for indirect damage” that includes works of infrastructure, such as: a paved road connecting the communities of Plan de Sánchez, Concul, Chipuerta, Joya de Ramos, Raxjut, Volcancillo, Chichupac, Coxojabaj, Las Tunas, Las Minas, Las Ventanas, Ixchel and Chiac with the municipal capital of Rabinal, and also with Guatemala City directly; the supply of potable water, and teachers in the communities. It should also conduct studies on the most urgent needs in the region and implement productive projects. Arguments of the State 92. The State expressed its profound regret for the events suffered by the Plan de Sánchez community on July 18, 1982, and apologized to the victims, the survivors and the next of kin, as an initial manifestation of respect, reparation and guarantee of non-repetition. In this regard, it requested the Inter-American Court to weigh the significance of the act of justice performed by the State in acknowledging its international responsibility. It also expressed its determination to repair the damage caused to the victims, survivors and next of kin of the Plan de Sánchez community for the suffering resulting from the events that occurred and the violation of their human rights. In this regard, it alleged that: