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Yvoy; iii) Cruz Pérez Ampérez; iv) Eustaquio Ixtecoc; v) Jorge Galeano Román; vi) Rafael Depaz Tecú; vii)
Enrique Mendoza Sis; viii) Dionisio Vachán and ix) Napoleón García De Paz176.
126. According to the statements, the persons detained had their hands tied and were taken
to the San Francisco cemetery in the village of Xeabaj, where they were tortured.177 Mr. Gorgonio
González González was hung from a tree; and later when he was on the ground face down, the soldiers
walked on him. These people were later murdered and buried.178 Napoleón García De Paz was able to
escape179.
127. Although there is a discrepancy between the date shown on the death certificates and
the date indicated in the forensic report, the Commission notes that the CEH recorded this event as
occurring on November 26, 1982,180 which is consistent with the date given in the account of
complainant Francisca González.
128. Furthermore, the evidence in the case file indicates that Rosa González Tecú, age 10,
her mother Enriqueta Tecú, Luciano Alvarado Xitumul, Héctor Rolando Alvarado García, age two, Adela
Florentina Alvarado García, a one-year old, Luciana Xitumul Ixpancoc,181 María Concepción Xituul
Xitumil, age five, and a baby girl between 0 and 3 months old, name unknown, left the village of Xeabaj
because of the “violence” and took refuge in a nearby shack used for cutting and pressing cane and
making panela.182 At around 5:00 a.m. on March 2, 1983, Army soldiers located the alleged victims in
the shack and proceeded to kill them with guns and machetes.183 The bodies of the alleged victims were
buried in a clandestine grave.184
2.2.12. The execution of the Grave García brothers on October 22, 1983 and the subsequent
situation of Juana García de Paz
176
Annex 23. The petitioners’ communication of July 15, 2009. In their early communications, the petitioners
included in this group of victims the names of Francisco De Paz and Juan Pérez Sic. During the merits phase, the petitioners
clarified that Mr. Francisco de Paz is a victim of the Chichupac massacre that occurred on January 8, 1982. Regarding Mr. Juan
Pérez Sic, the petitioners clarified that he died in the course of the violent acts perpetrated on October 1, 1982. The
Commission has no additional information with which to establish the circumstances of this person’s death.
177
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.
178
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.
179
Annex 23. The petitioners’ communication of July 15, 2009.
180
Annex 2. CEH, Memory of Silence, Volume VIII, Cases Presented, Case No. 13001.
181
The six alleged victims were identified in the following: Annex 21. A 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.
182
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.
183
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; 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 2. CEH, Memory of Silence, Volume VIII, Cases Presented, Case No. 13002.
184
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.