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and a fever and he broke out in a rash over his small body; as a result of this sickness, (…) he died.” 167
Mr. Chen said that his son’s body was buried on the mountain.168
122. The original petition stated that Antonio Chen Mendoza died on November 12, 1992. In
the complaint filed, his reported date of death is March 1983. His father, Miguel Chen, said that he did
not recall the precise date of his son’s death, since “one loses track of time in the mountains.”169
2.2.10. The rape and execution of Gregoria Valey Yxtecoc on November 22, 1982170
123. The statements on record indicate that at around 10:00 a.m. on November 22, 1982, a
group of Army soldiers arrived in the village of Chichupac and entered the home of Mrs. Gregoria Valey
Yxtecoc, who was four months pregnant at the time.171 After asking for her husband, Timoteo García
Rojas, who was not at home, the soldiers left.172
124. At midday, the Army soldiers returned to the home of Mrs. Gregoria Valey, who was
raped and then hung by a rope from the ceiling of her home.173 The soldiers then set fire to the house.
Family members of Mrs. Valey Yxtecoc found her body that same day.174
2.2.11. Detention of nine persons and torture and execution of eight on November 26, 1982;
and execution of eight persons on March 2, 1983
125. On the afternoon of November 26, 1982, a group of Army soldiers and Civil Self-Defense
patrollers from the municipal seat and from the village of Xococ, arrived in the villages of Xeabaj and
Chijom.175 According to information provided by the petitioners, they stopped there and took nine
persons from their homes, including the following: i) Gorgonio González González; ii) Gabino Román
167
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.
168
Annex 19. Amplification of the statement made by Miguel Chen Tahuico, June 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
169
Annex 19. Amplification of the statement made by Miguel Chen Tahuico, June 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
170
The Commission observes a discrepancy as to the date on which the rape and execution of Gregoria Valey Ixtecoc
allegedly occurred.
171
Annex 9. Statement by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 19. Annex 2 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
172
Annex 9. Statement by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 19. Annex 2 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
173
Annex 9. Statement by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 19. Annex 2 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007; Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, June 20, 1995.
Case File No. 802-95. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
174
Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, June 20, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 8 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
175
Annex 21. Communication from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, dated October 6, 2004. Case
File No. 1378-97. Annex 14 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007; Annex 22. Complaint filed by Francisca
Gonzales Tecu with the Human Rights Ombudsman, dated July 28, 1997. Annex 11 of the petitioners’ communication of
December 13, 2007.