109. As established in the Commission’s merits report and acknowledged by the State, at that time it had been identified that approximately 56 had been executed in village of Ranchería. 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). f) The massacre in the village of Los Toriles 110. The village of Los Toriles, in Guacamaya canton, Meanguera jurisdiction, department of Morazán, was located immediately beside the village of Ranchería. 111. At approximately 7 a.m. on December 12, 1981, the killings by family group began. 131 Subsequently, the soldiers proceeded to set fire to and destroy the homes, crops, animals and possessions.132 Also, as revealed by the exhumations performed by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team at four sites, the families were assembled before being machine-gunned by the soldiers and the skeletons were in good condition, because the victims were not burned or piled up, which facilitated their identification.133 112. As established in the Commission’s merits report and acknowledged by the State, at that time it had been determined that approximately 82 people were executed in village of Los Toriles. 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). g) The massacre in the village of Jocote Amarillo 113. The village of Jocote Amarillo in Guacamaya canton, in the Meanguera jurisdiction, department of Morazán, was located approximately two kilometers to the south of the village of El Mozote. 114. The military operation and the killings that took place in the other places were already known to the inhabitants of Jocote Amarillo;134 consequently, many individuals were able to hide in the woods before the soldiers arrived. However, others hid in this place135 because, as established in the merits report and acknowledged by the State, it was further away and they believed that the soldiers would not go there. 131 Cf. Witness statement made by María Teófila Pereira Argueta before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 23, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1701); Victim statement made by María Teófila Pereira Argueta before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on February 18, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1730), and Affidavit provided by Juan Antonio Pereira Vigil on April 2, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folios 10289 to 10291). See also, Summary of the forensic work from September to December 2001 prepared by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) of December 7, 2001 (evidence file, tome V, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 3946). 132 Cf. Witness statement made by María Teófila Pereira Argueta before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 23, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1701 and 1702), and Affidavit provided by Juan Antonio Pereira Vigil on April 2, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10289). 133 Cf. Report of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) on the exhumation work performed in 2001 (evidence file, tome VI, annex 28 to the submission of the case, folios 4445 to 4452). 134 Cf. Witness statement made by Domingo Vigil Amaya 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 1715); Victim statement made by Vigil Amaya before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on March 5, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1742), and Sworn statement made by Alejandro Hernández Argueta before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on August 3, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5573). 135 Cf. Witness statement made by Domingo Vigil Amaya 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 1715), and Victim statement made by Vigil Amaya before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on March 5, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1742). 36