killed in the convent and burned there, owing to “the abundant signs of fire on all floors of the dwelling.”109 95. As acknowledged by the State and established by Tutela Legal del Arzobispado in its report, 110 the bodies of all those who were killed were piled up in several homes, which were then set on fire by the soldiers. Similarly, they set fire to the church, where there were injured people who were still alive, because screams and cries could be heard. 96. Some survivors of the massacres who had hidden in the woods and other individuals or next of kin indicated that they had gone to El Mozote after the massacre to search for their relatives who lived there, and had found the corpses of children, women and the elderly, many of them charred, butchered or dismembered by animals, and the houses burned down.111 97. As established in the Commission’s merits report and acknowledged by the State, at that time it had been determined that approximately 498 people were executed in the village of El Mozote. This is without prejudice to the determination that will opportunely be made by the Court in this Judgment, based on the criteria described previously for determining victims (supra para. 57). d) Massacre in the canton of La Joya 98. The canton of La Joya, in the Meanguera jurisdiction, is a valley with a river called “Las Marías,” approximately three kilometers southwest of the village of El Mozote, in the department of Morazán.112 To the west lies a high plateau known as “Arada Vieja,” in the village of Los Quebrachos. 99. On December 10, 1981, a large number of helicopters of the Salvadoran Air Force overflew the canton and landed on “Arada Vieja” transporting troops.113 In the afternoon, 109 Archeological report, Village of El Mozote, Site 1, prepared by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), December 1992 (evidence file, tome IV, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 2942). 110 Cf. Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador, El Mozote. Lucha por la verdad y la justicia: Masacre a la Inocencia, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2008, pp. 58 to 59 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 2 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5302 to 5303). See also, Sworn statement made by Rufina Amaya Vda. de Márquez before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on October 10, 1990 (evidence file, tome II, annex 20 to the submission of the case, folio 1576), and Witness statement made by Rufina Amaya before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on October 30, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1660 to 1665). 111 Cf. Witness statement made by Juan Bautista Márquez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on October 30, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1658); Victim statement made by Juan Bautista Márquez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on March 11, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1749 and 1750); Affidavit provided by Juan Bautista Márquez Argueta on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10277); Witness statement made by Pedro Chicas Romero before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on November 27, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1692 and 1693), and Witness statement made by Anastacio Pereira Vigil on June 2, 1992 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 2021). 112 Cf. Victim statement made by Pedro Chicas Romero before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on October 31, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1671 to 1672), and Witness statement made by Hilario Sánchez Gómez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on November 28, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1695). 113 Cf. Witness statement made by Hilario Sánchez Gómez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on November 28, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1695); Witness statement made by Lucila Romero Martínez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 24, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1711 to 1713); Witness statement made by Rosa Ramírez Hernández before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 30, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1717); Victim statement made by Hilario Sánchez Gómez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on February 14, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1723 and 1724); Victim statement made by Eustaquio Martínez Vigil before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on March 14, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1752); Witness statement made by Eustaquio Martínez Vigil before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on March 20, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1757); Victim statement made by Genaro Sánchez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on April 4, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1762); Witness statement 32