18
79.
The soldiers dug two graves where they buried the bodies. Because the graves were so
shallow, some human remains were visible on the surface.89
80.
These events were documented by the CEH, which maintained that “it can be said with
certainty that the persons killed in the […] massacre[…] committed on[…] January 8, 1982 in the
community of Chichupac […] did not die fighting; instead, the forensic evidence shows that they were
cruelly exterminated and given no chance to defend themselves.”90 The CEH documented what
happened as “the Chichupac massacre.”91 REMHI also classified the events on January 8, 1982 as a
massacre in which the National Army and its collaborators participated.92
81.
The names of the victims who died are as follows: 1) Víctor Juárez Pangan (or Víctor
Juárez Pancan), 2) Clemente Juárez Ixpancoc, 3) Cruz Sic Cuxum (or Cruz Sic Cuxún), 4) Pedro Sic
Jerónimo, 5) Gregorio Valey, 6) Timoteo Sic Cujá, 7) Roberto Galiego Chén, 8) Antonio Alvarado
González, 9) Alfonso Crúz Juárez, 10) Domingo Cahuec Sic, 11) Santiago Alvarado Xitumul, 12) Agustín
Juárez Ixpancoc, 13) Teodoro González Xitumul, 14) Eulogio Morales Alvarado, 15) Luciano González (or
Luciano Gonzalez Sis or Lucio Gonzalez Sis), 16) Apolinario Juárez Pérez, 17) Alberto Juarez Perez, 18)
Evaristo Siana, 19) Pedro Tum (or Pedro Pérez Ampérez), 20) Emigdio Siana Ixtecoc, 21) Pedro Galiego
López, 22) Demetrio Chen Alvarado, 23) Pedro Galiego Mendoza, 24) Camilo Juárez Valey, 25) Julián
Garniga López, 26) Benito Juárez Ixpancoc, 27) Francisco Depaz, 28) Maximiliano Sis Valey, 29) Vicente
Sic Osorio, 30) Patrocinio Galiego, 31) Félix Alvarado Xitumul, and 32) José Demetrio Cahuec Jerónimo.
82.
The day after the massacre, the Army soldiers forced the PAC to clean up the health
center, which was covered with blood and human remains.93 The men from the village of Chichupac
also climbed to the summit, where they found the graves. They proceeded to dig a third grave where
they buried those remains that had been exposed to the elements.94 One witness said that he saw “a
large pile of sticks and (…) evidence that they were not shot to death but strangled with a tourniquet.” 95
Another witness maintained that “one could see their hands and sides.”96 According to the petitioners,
the families were afraid to do anything; they were afraid to have the kind of burial that would ensure
that loved ones were “properly laid to rest.” 97
2.1.2
The situation of the Chichupac villagers subsequent to the massacre
89
Annex 9. Statement by Miguel Sic Isorio given in the presence of the Public Prosecution Service, April 27, 1999.
Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 171. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
90
Annex 3. CEH, Memory of Silence, Volume III, Human Rights Violations and Acts of Violence, par. 3381.
91
Annex 3. CEH, Memory of Silence, Volume III, Human Rights Violations and Acts of Violence, par. 3377; Annex 2.
CEH, Memory of Silence, Volume VIII, Cases Presented, Case No. 9094.
92
Annex 4. REMHI. Guatemala: Never Again! Report of the Recovery of the Historical Memory Project. Volume II, The
Methodology of Violence. .
93
Annex 9. Statement by Miguel Sic Isorio given in the presence of the Public Prosecution Service, April 27, 1999.
Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 171. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
94
Annex 6. Attached file No. 001-2005-95839. Case No. 255-39. Reference in the petitioners’ communication of
December 13, 2007.
95
Annex 8. “The Chichupac case.” Annex 20 to the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
96
Annex 8. “The Chichupac case.” Annex 20 to the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
97
Annex 8. “The Chichupac case.” Annex 20 to the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.