36 the municipality,134 where they faced hardship in their attempts to reside there, given that their next of kin and her husband’s next of kin, did not want to receive them because of the fear of suffering reprisals.135 The only family member that offered them help was the father of Marta Rodríguez Quex,136 who offered them room and food in the village of Xejujú, located approximately eight kilometers from San Martín Jilotepeque, where they lived until new acts of violence took place.137 They tried to rebuild their house in the municipality and to inhabit it, but they could not stay, since there was a context of stigmatization from their neighbors.138 Meanwhile, Encarnación Chitay, as the older son, at 15 years of age, stayed in Guatemala City to work, where he was subject to persecution,139 and did not return to San Martín Jilotepeque because he felt they “would kill him,” and he did not have contact with his family for approximately five and a half years.140 Pedro and Eliseo did not stay with their mother in their place of origin for very long, since they also had to move to the capital city. In 1983, Pedro Chitay entered a boarding school to study with a scholarship,141 whereas Eliseo Chitay had to move to the capital to help an aunt, who paid for studies, but after she passed away, it became necessary to move back to the Municipality of San Martín Jilotepeque, and he dedicated himself to work to help his family. 142 The Chitay family never again lived in their community in a definitive and continuous form. 134. The next of kin of Florencio Chitay Nech could not return to live in their house in San Martín Jilotepeque in a permanent manner.143 Currently, María Rosaura lives in Spain;144 Eliseo and Estermerio live in United States,145 and Pedro146 and Encarnación147 live in Guatemala. 134 In this regard, he indicated “we staid in the city for approximately 2 months.” Cf. Statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55. 135 Statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 56, f. 83. 136 Cf. Statement of Eliseo Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 57; Statement of Amada Rodríguez Quex rendered before public notary on 19 of April of 2007 (annexes of the petition, annex 1, f. 92); statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55; statement of Encarnación Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 58, and Statementof Estemerio Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 131. 137 Cf. Statement of Gabriel Augusto Guerra, supra note 58, and statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55. 138 Statementof Pedro Chitay, supra note 55, wherein he stated “[w]e were the object of persecution there and from then on the house we had in the municipality we couldnt live in it because the neighbors spoke poorly of my father, they believed what people were saying, that who knows what he was involved in and thats why it happened to him.” 139 Statement of Encarnación Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 57, f. 78; Statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 56, f. 83, and Statement of Amada Rodríguez Quex, supra note 136. 140 Statement of Encarnación Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 58. 141 Cf. Statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55. 142 Cf. Statements of Eliseo and María Rosaura, ambos Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 57, fs. 86 and 89, and Statementof Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55. 143 Regarding the possibility of returning to San Martín in a permanent sense, Encarnación Chitay indicated that “if […] returned to San Martín [they] would kill” and that “it was very difficult for us to return to San Martin […] because of the insecurity.” (Cf. Statement of Encarnación Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 58). In this regard, Pedro Chitay stated that as a consequence of the facts “with [his] brothers they were terrified of men in uniform” and that “they were very afraid when they returned to Guatemala [from Costa Rica].” Cf. Statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55. 144 Cf. Statement of Pedro Chitay Rodríguez, supra note 55.