20 conflict.”104 The Commission observes that the communication was addressed to Elena Valey, Juan Juarez Ixpatá and Iginia Chen Valey, relatives of some of the alleged victims of the events that occurred on January 8, 1982. 88. The Commission also notes that one of the petitioners’ communications came with an attachment containing a document dated May 5, 2010, prepared by a psychologist specialized in mental health and human rights, Nieves Gómez. The document was titled “Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz.”105 The specialist discussed the aftereffects caused by the events of January 8, 1982 and other events alleged by the petitioners and that are part of the established facts.106 She wrote that as a member of the Team for Community Studies and Psycho-Social Action – ECAP, interviews and meetings had been held with various persons from the village of Chichupac and other communities since 2004.107 89. She maintained that the community of Chichupac “was totally destroyed.” As a result, the inhabitants were compelled to move to the mountains and other municipalities and were only able to return and rebuild their community in 1985.108 90. The specialist also indicated that it was not until 1985 that people began to return to the community. With the help of the Family Integration Center, Father Melchor of the Rabinal church, and some male community leaders who managed to survive the massacre, the people [were] able to rebuild their community.109 She also maintained that the communities of Xeabaj, Toloxcoc and Chirrum “never managed to attract their leaders back to rebuild their production plans, as they live elsewhere now.”110 91. The specialist maintained that cultural practices were severely affected “by the exclusion of and stigma attached to the Maya-Achí” in the years that followed the events in the present 104 Annex 11. Communications from the Constitutional President of the Republic, Álvaro Colam Caballeros, September 2008. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of March 19, 2010. 105 Annex 12. Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz, prepared by Nieves Gómez, dated May 5, 2010. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of May 6, 2010. 106 Annex 12. Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz, prepared by Nieves Gómez, dated May 5, 2010. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of May 6, 2010. 107 Annex 12. Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz, prepared by Nieves Gómez, dated May 5, 2010. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of May 6, 2010. 108 Annex 12. Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz, prepared by Nieves Gómez, dated May 5, 2010. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of May 6, 2010. 109 Annex 12. Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz, prepared by Nieves Gómez, dated May 5, 2010. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of May 6, 2010. 110 Annex 12. Report on the harm done to the mental (moral) health of the inhabitants of the Maya Achí indigenous communities of Chichupac, Xeabaj and other nearby communities in the municipality of Rabinal, department of Baja Verapaz, prepared by Nieves Gómez, dated May 5, 2010. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of May 6, 2010.