33 taken to the model village or colony in Chichupac which was under military control. There he was interrogated and threatened, and later he was informed that he would live there and go on patrol with the soldiers for whom he also cooked food. 105 B.8. Disappearance of Juan Mendoza Alvarado and José Cruz Mendoza Sucup since January 31, 1982 103. On January 31,1982, members of the National Army and of the PAC went to the village of El Apazote, entered the house where Juan Mendoza Alvarado and his father José Cruz Mendoza Sucup were staying, dragged them outside and beat them. Since then their whereabouts are unknown. B.9. Disappearance of María Concepción Chen Sic and Casimiro Siana since February 12, 1982 104. On February 12, 1982, members of the National Army and the PAC entered the home of María Conception Chen Sic in the village of Chichupac, accused her of preparing food for the guerrillas and demanded that she hand over her husband, Silvestre Sic Xitumul, who had left the house with their two children. That day, the soldiers also detained Casimiro Siana, who was the auxiliary mayor of the community, while he was watering his crops near his house, and accused him of supporting the guerrillas. María Concepción Chen and Casimiro Siana were forced to walk with several women who had been captured, until they reached a point where they were separated from the group and led away in a different direction. To date, the whereabouts of both are unknown. 106 B.10. Execution of Andrea Osorio Galeano on February 19, 1982 105. On February 19, 1982, a group of soldiers removed Andrea Osorio Galeano from her home in the village of Chichupac. The following day, her son found her lifeless body buried about one kilometer from her home, and she was then buried. 107 Andrea Osorio’s remains were exhumed, analyzed and identified in 1993 by the EAFG in a fourth grave, located in the place where three graves were found containing the remains of the men executed on January 8, 1982. (supra para. 91). The EAFG's findings documented the presence of fractures on the body and in several vertebrae. 108 B.11. Execution of Elías Milián González and Amelia Milián Morales on March 23 and April 20, 1982 106. On March 22, 1982, Elías Milián González was detained by a group of soldiers while he was on his way to the center of the municipality of Rabinal. The following day, he was taken to the clinic of Xeabaj and strangled in the village of Chijom. His body was found days later in a panela (cane sugar) oven by his relatives, who proceeded to bury him in the same place. On April 20, 1982, a group of soldiers arrived at the village of Toloxcoc and entered the house of Amelia Milián Morales, daughter of Elías Milián. The soldiers arrested her and took her away. Her body was found that same day in a panela oven in the village by one of her sisters, who proceeded to 105 Cf. Statements of Miguel Chen Tahuico before the assistant prosecutor on July 27, 2005 and another undated, and statement made by affidavit on December 13, 2014 (evidence file, folios 459 to 462, 1196 and 5735). 106 Cf. Statement made by affidavit by Margarita Siana Cruz (daughter of Casimiro Siana) on December 16, 2014 (evidence file, folios 5821 to 5822). 107 Cf. Statements of Miguel Sic Osorio (son of Andrea Osorio Galeano), Fabiana Chen Galiego and Teresa Cacaj Cahuec (community members) before the assistant prosecutor of April 27, 1999 and August 16, 2005 (evidence file, folios 611 to 615, 636 and 641, 1214 and 1215), and statement of Miguel Sic Osorio presented before the Inter-American Court by affidavit the April 20, 2016. 108 Cf. Record of exhumation of bodies, May 1993 (evidence file, folios 666 to 685); EAFG Report of July 1993 (evidence file, folios 539 and 541), and official letters of the National Police of Salamá in Baja Verapaz dated May 15 and 19, 1993 (evidence file, folios 690 to 692, 940 and 941).

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