disappearance] internationally, first to organizations in the United States […].” 114 the churches and then to humanitarian B.2. Work of B.A. 89. The file shows that on November 12, 2003, Mrs. B.A. served as vice-president of the Women’s Network of Escuintla. 115 Also, in May 2004 she worked as the Social Organization Officer of the municipality of Santa Lucía, 116 a position that involved: organizing each canton, hamlet, village, neighborhood [and] subdivision […] in the municipality, and helping to organize unions, trade associations, transport and other forms of organization in the community, provide civic training and influence the political life of the municipality and of the nation in general, according to the common interest. 117 90. Subsequently, on September 11, 2004, the General Assembly of the village of Cruce de la Esperanza elected Mrs. B.A. to the position of Secretary of the local COCODE. 118 Mrs. B.A. was also involved in the investigations into the forced disappearance of her brother, Y.A., at least from October 13, 2004. In this regard, in its Judgment in the case of Gudiel Álvarez et al. (“Diario Militar”) v. Guatemala, this Court established that Mrs. B.A., together with other individuals, filed the initial application before the Inter-American Commission on December 9, 2005. 119 C) The facts of the case C.1. Events prior to the death of A.A. 91. On November 26, 2003, Mrs. B.A. filed a complaint before the Office of the District Prosecutor of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, stating that : On […] November 25 [of that year] at 2.30 in the afternoon a meeting was organize[d] in the community of La Esperanza […] to elect the new COEDUCA committee […] for the “Republic of Mexico” Community Self-Management School [.] During that meeting I discussed some problems that the school was having […] [.] Finally, we chose the new board of the local Committee [.] […] but at around 6.40 pm I was at a wake in [the village of] El Rosario, when I received a call on my cell phone […] from Mr. [L.L.] […] who identified himself when he spoke to me, and told me ‘so, you guys got your own way and appointed a new committee, but you can be sure I’ll turn you and your son into shit’. I only asked him why he was threatening me like that, and said that if he [was] going to say those things to us to do it personally, it’s not the first time he threatens us [,] because a previous time he threatened my sister and told her that he was an ex kaibil and that we were really going to see what he [could] do to us. But this man has no reason to threaten us in this way because [he] doesn’t belong to the community and if he had any grievance with the Assembly he could have expressed it at the time but he did not do so. Also, I think that it’s only an excuse to bother us because I belong to the URNG and, as a former member of the Army, he still holds on to certain ideologies and that’s why he bothers us […] 120. 92. The file also shows that on February 20, 2004, Mrs. B.A. went to the Mediation Center of Escuintla to attend a mediation session “because of the conflict over the threats.” However, the other party did not appear, so the case was “transferred” to the First Magistrates Court of Escuintla. 121 114 Cf. Statement of A.A. of October 11, 2004 (File of attachments to submission brief, page 1377). Cf. Endorsement of the statement: Toward a New Stage in the Construction of Peace (Merits file, pages 2082 to 2085); Statement of the former municipal Mayor of December 5, 2010 (File of attachments to submission brief, page 797). 116 Cf. Carnet of Social Organization Officer of the Municipality of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (File of attachments to pleadings and motions brief, pages 2110 a 2111). 117 Cf. Statement of B.A. of December 12, 2010 (File of attachments to submission brief, page 1353). 118 Cf. Certification of Record 04-2004 of September 11, 2004 of the General Assembly of Cruce de la Esperanza (File of attachments to submission brief, page 1125). 119 Cf. Case of Gudiel Álvarez et al. (“Diario Militar”) v. Guatemala, supra, paras. 1 and 182, and footnotes 75, 166, 336 and 372. 120 Cf. Complaint MP60-2003-5418 of November 26, 2003 filed before the Permanent Office of the Prosecutor of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (Merits file, pages 1311 to 3312), and Report of April 5, 2005 submitted by the Criminal Investigations Specialist of the Public Prosecution Service to the Assistant Prosecutor of Santa Lucía de Cotzumalguapa (File of attachments to submission brief, page 1065). According to the Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala: Memory of Silence, “the kaibiles were a special counterinsurgency force of the Guatemalan Army, who put into practice the extreme cruelty of their training methods in a range of operations.” Cf. Case of The Dos Erres Massacre v. Guatemala. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 24, 2009. Series C No. 211, footnote 6. 121 Cf. Record of attendance at Mediation Center of Escuintla of February 20, 2004 (File of attachments to submission brief, page 1430). 115 28