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116. The soldiers tied up Mrs. Chen Sic and put her in a car, along with Mr. Casimiro Siana,
the community’s deputy mayor. The soldiers then set fire to the house.160 The whereabouts of María
Concepción Chen Sic and Casimiro Siana are still unknown.
2.2.7. The execution of Andrea Osorio Galeano on February 19, 1982
117. The available testimony indicates that on February 19, 1982, Andrea Osorio Galeano
was killed by members of the National Army one kilometer from her home in the village of Chichupac. 161
Her remains were discovered in one of the graves containing the remains of the persons killed in the
January 8, 1982 massacre.162
2.2.8. The detention, torture and execution of two members of the Milián family on March
22 and 23 and April 20, 1982
118. The Commission has statements indicating that two persons from the same family were
detained, tortured and executed on the dates indicated above.
119. On March 22, 1982, Mr. Elías Milián González was detained by a group of Army soldiers
as he was on his way to the Rabinal municipal center.163 The following day, he was taken to the Xeabaj
clinic, where he was tortured and strangled; “they then put his body in an oven used to make panela.”164
120. Then, on April 20, 1982, some 100 Army soldiers arrived at the village of Toloxcoc and
entered the home of Mr. Milián González where they found his daughter Amelia Milián Morales,
detained her and took her to parts unknown. The sister, Tarcila Milián Morales, discovered her body in
the village, inside an oven used to make panela.165
2.2.9. The death of young Antonio Chen Mendoza on November 12, 1982 or March 1983
121. Mr. Miguel Chen stated that because of the Army’s persecution, Mr. Chen, his wife and
four children –one of whom was Antonio Chen Mendoza, age 5- fled the village of Chichupac166 and
went into the mountains. Mr. Chen said that his son, Antonio Chen Mendoza, “began to have diarrhea
160
Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
161
Annex 7. Statement by Miguel Sic, Fabiana Chen and Teresa Cacaj, dated December 2, 1997. Certification of Case
File No. 001-2005-95839, pp. 186-194. Annex 1 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
162
Annex 7. Report on the documentation of the victims of the Chichupac massacre, Municipality of Rabinal.
Certification of Case File No. 001-2005-95839, p. 34. Annex 1 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
163
Annex 9. Complaint filed by Tarcila Milian Morales with the Public Prosecution Service, dated December 12, 2000.
Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 32-33. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
164
Annex 9. Statement by Tarcila Milian Morales, July 27, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 21. Annex 2 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
165
Annex 9. Complaint filed by Tarcila Milian Morales with the Public Prosecution Service, dated December 12, 2000.
Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 32-33. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
166
Annex 19. Complaint that Miguel Chen Tahuico filed with the Municipal Attorney’s Office of the Rabinal Public
Prosecution Service, department of Baja Verapaz, dated April 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006-169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.