96
17
b)
that before he entered the URNG, the victim worked in agriculture,
together with other members of his family, and he contributed
financially to household expenses;18
c)
that starting in 1991, he was involved in the peace accord negotiations
in Guatemala on behalf of the URNG;19 and that the “Agreement on
the definitive cease fire” was reached in December, 199620
d)
that on March 12, 1992, when there was a clash between the guerrilla
forces and the army, Bámaca Velásquez was approximately 35 years
old. He was detained and his forced disappearance began on that
same date;21
e)
that there was a practice in the army of capturing guerrilla fighters and
keeping them in clandestine imprisonment and they were tortured at
different military facilities, for the purpose of obtaining information
useful to the army.22 In the case of Mr. Bámaca Velásquez, he was
transferred to at least three military posts for the aforementioned
purpose;23
f)
that during his detention, Efraín Bámaca Velásquez was tortured and
treated in cruel, inhuman, and degrading ways;24
g)
that Efraín Bámaca Velásquez was last seen in the infirmary of Military
Zone No. 18 in San Marcos where, tied to a metal bed, he was being
questioned and tortured;25
h)
that the victim had the aspiration of becoming involved in productive
activities in his country, once the conflict ended;26 and
See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraph d).
18
See Death certificate of Mr. Efraín Bámaca Velásquez; Testimony of Jennifer Harbury rendered at
the Court on November 28, 2001; and Testimony of José León Bámaca Hernández rendered at the Court
on November 28, 2001.
19
See Testimony of Jennifer Harbury rendered at the Court on November 28, 2001.
20
See Agreement on the basis for the definitive cease fire, Volume I on Reparations, at the
Secretariat of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Appendix 7, fs. 22-28.
21
See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraphs a) and h).
22
See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraph f).
23
See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraphs i), j), k) and l).
24
See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraphs i) and l).
25
See Bámaca Velásquez Case, supra note 6, para. 121, subparagraph l).
26
See Testimony of Jennifer Harbury rendered at the Court on November 28, 2001.