30 B.6. Prevailing violence in the area, displacement of the population, destruction of communities and the ‘model village’ or ‘colony’ in Chichupac 94. On January 8, 1982, the day on which the massacre at the clinic of Chichupac took place (supra paras. 89 to 92), members of the Army also seized animals from the community. 89 Owing to the fear that these events created among the population, residents of Chichupac village and neighboring communities, particularly men, fled to the mountains. At the same time, the military continued to arrive in the villages and communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj, Chijom, Coyojá, El Chol, El Apazote, Chirrum, El Tablón and Toloxcoc to intimidate the people by shooting. They searched for and killed the men of the community, killed the women when they could not find any men and threatened to kill the population that remained in the communities to force them to abandon their homes. 90 During these incursions into the communities, the soldiers raped women, even in their own homes. 91 95. As a consequence of the prevailing violence in the area, there was a mass exodus of inhabitants from the villages and communities. These people sought refuge alone or with their families in the mountains, in other villages, municipalities, departments and cities, and even outside the country. Those who fled to the mountains remained hidden for long periods, ranging from a few months to three years, where they endured hunger, thirst and cold. Due to the unhealthy and precarious living conditions, some people, particularly children, became ill or even died. 92 For their part, the soldiers continued to pursue the villagers in the mountains, as well as those who returned to the communities, shooting at them, machine-gunning the hills, throwing grenades frequently and carrying out searches in the area, so that the people were constantly forced to hide in the mountains. 93 Whenever the soldiers found people, they would capture, arrest, interrogate, torture and/or execute them, and the women would be raped. 94 96. The destruction of the communities took place parallel to and after the displacements. Thus, members of the National Army and the PAC carried out the following acts: a) burning of houses with all their belongings; b) burning and destruction of crops and harvests (including corn, coffee, granadilla and sugar cane); c) theft and slaughter of cattle, horses, chickens, pigs and domestic animals; d) theft of food, basic grains and provisions; e) theft of personal items, clothing and valuables, and f) theft of household utensils and tools. Cf. CEH, “Guatemala, Memory of Silence”, Chapter 2, para. 3391 and footnotes 1090 and 1095. Cf. Statements from community members who suffered or witnessed the situation of violence and persecution in the area and from family members, received in the context of the criminal investigation on April 27, 1999, October 25, 2000, and July 12 and 27 and August 16, 2005 and rendered by affidavit on August 14, 18, 21 and 22, September 1, 24, 27 and October 28, November 24 and December 1, 4, 8 to 20, 22, 23, and 26 to 31, 2014 (evidence file, folios 445 to 6165), and statement of Juana García Depaz at the public hearing held on April 28, 2016. 91 Cf. Statements from women who claimed to have been raped and from persons who indicated that these acts occurred against their relatives, received in the context of the criminal investigation on April 27, 1999, October 25, 2000, November 15, 2002, July 12 and 27 and August 16, 2005 and rendered before the assistant prosecutor on August 16, 2005 and by affidavit on December 1, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 22, 26, 28 and 30, 2014 (evidence file, folios 428 to 6096), and statement of Miguel Sic Osorio rendered by affidavit and presented to the Inter-American Court on April 20, 2016. 92 Cf. Statements from community members who had to flee and remain hidden to the mountains, received in the context of the criminal investigation on October 25, 2000, July 12, and August 16, 2005 and rendered by affidavit on August 14, 18 and 21, September 1, October 27, November 27 and December 1, 4, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, and 26 to 31, 2014 (evidence file, folios 435 to 6155), and statement of Juana García Depaz at the public hearing held on April 28, 2016. 93 Cf. Statements from community members who lived through the military persecution and had to flee to the mountains, received in the context of the criminal investigation on October 25, 2000, 12 of July and August 16, 2005 and rendered by affidavit on August 14, 18 and 21, November 24, and December 1, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28 and 31, 2014 (evidence file, folios 445 to 6161). 94 Cf. Statements from community members who had fled and were captured by the military and from family members, received in the context of the criminal investigation on October 25, 2000, July 12 and 27 and August 16, 2005 and rendered by affidavit on September 1, October 27, and December 9, 11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27 to 31, 2014 (evidence file, folios 456 to 6156). 89 90