51 d) the kaibil Santos López Alonso took Ramiro Osorio Cristales to his home189, and registered him under his last name and that of his wife, with the name Ramiro Fernando López García190; e) the kaibil Santos López Alonso was fined when registering Ramiro Osorio Cristales “for not having registered [the] birth within the term provided by law,”191 and f) Ramiro Osorio Cristales lived with the family of kaibil Santos López Alonso, under the name Ramiro Fernando López García, since 1983.192 C) Facts after March 9, 1987 180. Additionally, having examined the statements of the alleged victim, the witnesses, expert opinions, and the arguments of the Commission, the representatives and the State during the instant proceeding, the Court considers the following facts established: a) Ramiro Osorio Cristales remained in the situation described above (supra para. 180.d and 180.f) until 1999;193 b) in 1999 he was contacted by FAMDEGUA and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, within the framework of the investigation of the massacre; 194 c) in February 1999 he gave his testimony of that occurred within the framework of the investigation on this massacre, and was forced to leave Guatemala because his life was at risk; 195 d) it was until then -1999- that he became aware that he had biological family who had not died in the massacre, wit whom he reunited with after 18 years; 196 as his son. But it really wasn’t like that. […] I lived with him for nineteen years […]. I thought of running away but really had no idea where to go” and that “[a]fter this man took [him] to his house, he registered [him] as his son Ramiro Fernández López García”. Statement of Ramiro Osorio Cristales, supra note 182. 189 Cf. Testimony of Flavio Pinzón Jerez, supra note 184, f. 3906. 190 Birth certifícate of Ramiro López García of August 15, 1983 (Appendixes to the application, judicial file, pieces VI to XIII, appendix 29, f. 3846); statement by Ramiro Osorio Cristales, supra note 182; minutes of the testimony of Lidia García Pérez, supra note 67, and brief for the arrest warrant against Mr. Santos López Alonso of September 20, 1999 (Appendixes to the application, judicial file, pieces VI to XIII, appendix 29, fs. 3833 to 3835). 191 Birth certifícate of Ramiro López García of August 15, 1983, supra note 190, f. 3846. 192 In this regard, Ms. Lidia García Pérez, wife of kaibil Santos López Alonso, expressed that Ramiro Osorio Cristales was not her biological child “because my husband brought him when he was little […] When he brought him he told me that they had given the child to him at the Kaibiles school […] in May 1983.” She also indicated that until Ramiro Osorio Cristales reached the legal age she found out about his true origins, when her husband told her that he “had been taken out of las Dos Erres.” Minutes of the testimony of Lidia García Pérez, supra note 66, f. 3870. Cf. Statement by Ramiro Osorio Cristales, supra note 182. 193 Statement by Ramiro Osorio Cristales, supra note 182. 194 Statement by Ramiro Osorio Cristales, supra note 182. 195 Statement by Ramiro Osorio Cristales, supra note 182, and request by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the Court of First Instance of Petén to receive the testimony by “Ramiro Fernando López García” as evidence produced before trial (Appendixes to the application, judicial file, pieces VI a XIII, appendixes 22 to 29, f. 3816). 196 In this regard, Ramiro Osorio Cristales declared the following in the public hearing: “that is how I found out that I had family, […] I have grandparents, a brother, uncles, aunts. This was on the 20th […]

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