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(g)
In May 1988, Samuel and Richard R. Blake, Nicholas Blake's
brothers, met with Mr. Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales, who informed
them that the El Llano Civil Patrol had murdered Mr. Nicholas Blake and
Mr. Griffith Davis and been ordered by the Army to burn and conceal their
bodies. Later, in May 1989, Mr. Martínez-Morales photographed two of the
Civil Patrol members who had allegedly killed Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr.
Griffith Davis (cf. April 17, 1997 testimony of Justo Victoriano MartínezMorales; April 17, 1997 testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr.; April 17, 1997
testimony of Samuel Blake; April 17, 1997 testimony of Ricardo Roberto;
June 1988 statement by Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales; video
recording of Mr. Samuel Miller's May 14, 1993 interview with Justo
Victoriano Martínez-Morales; October 1993 statement by Samuel Blake
delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Richard R.
Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; June 14, 1993 statement by
Michael Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala; photographs of
Candelario López-Herrera and Mario Cano taken by Justo Victoriano
Martínez-Morales in May 1989; June 1989 document from the U.S.
Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; August 1989 document
from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of State; September
1989 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala to the Secretary of
State).
(h)
In
January
1992,
Felipe
Alva,
Army
Commandant
of
Huehuetenango and Chief of the area's Civil Patrols, met with Michael
Shawcross and members of the Blake family and told them that he could
recover the remains of Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith Davis for a fee.
On March 16, 1992, Army Commandant Felipe Alva delivered two boxes
containing earth and fragments of bone and teeth to Michael Shawcross in
exchange for money. The boxes were subsequently delivered to members
of the Blake family (cf. April 17, 1997 testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr.;
April 17, 1997 testimony of Samuel Blake; Anthropological Forensic Report
of July 18, 1992 issued by the Smithsonian Institute; October 1993
statement by Samuel Blake delivered in Washington, D.C.; October 1993
statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr., delivered in Washington, D.C.; June
14, 1993 statement by Michael Shawcross delivered in Antigua,
Guatemala; March 1990 document from the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala
to the Secretary of State; April 3, 1990 letter from the U.S. Embassy in
Guatemala to Samuel Blake; June 1990 document from the U.S. Embassy
in Guatemala to the Secretary of State).
(i)
Subsequently, forensic experts Douglas Owsley and John Verano,
of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., issued a report on the
investigation, entitled "Forensic Case SI923", indicating that the boxes
delivered by Army Commandant Felipe Alva contained the partial remains
of two persons, but only Mr. Griffith Davis' were identified (cf. Forensic
Report of July 18, 1992, issued by the Smithsonian Institute; April 17,
1997 testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr.; April 17, 1997 testimony of
Samuel Blake; October 1993 statement by Samuel Blake delivered in
Washington, D.C.; October 1993 statement by Richard R. Blake, Jr.
delivered in Washington, D.C.; and June 14, 1993 statement by Michael
Shawcross delivered in Antigua, Guatemala).
(j)
On May 19, 1992, Army Commandant Felipe Alva signed a
"contract" under which members of the Blake family would pay him U.S.
$10,000 (ten thousand United States dollars) in total after the remains
obtained had been identified as those of Mr. Nicholas Blake and Mr. Griffith