43
184.
The Commission has no information of any further progress made in this process.
d.
Concerning events of March 22 and 23 and April 20, 1982
185. On December 12, 2000, Tarcila Milian Morales filed a complaint concerning the two
executions that happened in March and April of 1982.282 She maintained that her two uncles had
witnessed what happened. She also said that she had knowledge of the precise places where the
clandestine graves of the two persons were located.
186. On July 27, 2001, Tarcila Milian Morales gave a new statement on the events that
occurred on March 22 and 23, 1982, involving her father, Elías Milián Gonzáles.283 She maintained that
he was buried in an “oven used to make panela” and owned by someone she knew. She also made
reference to what happened to her sister on April 20 of that year, and said that she had found her
sister’s remains “in an oven in the same village.” She asked that their remains be exhumed so that she
could “give them a Christian burial.”284
187.
The Commission has no information of any further progress made in this process.
e.
Concerning the events of November 12, 1982 or March 1982 – Case File 248-2006-169
188. On April 6, 2006, Miguel Chen Tahuico filed a complaint with the Office of the Rabinal
Municipal Attorney of the Public Prosecution Service, department of Baja Verapaz, in which he alleged
that his son, Antonio Chen Mendoza, had died for lack of medical care.285 He requested exhumation of
his son’s clandestine grave so that he could “give him a Christian burial.”286
189. On June 6, 2006, Miguel Chen confirmed his complaint with the Office of the Rabinal
Municipal Attorney, where he again described what happened.287 He repeated his request that the
body be exhumed, which was at the time buried in the mountains.288
281
Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
282
Annex 9. Complaint that Tarcila Milian Morales filed with the Public Prosecution Service, December 12, 2000.
Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 32-33. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
283
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.
284
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.
285
Annex 19. Complaint that Miguel Chen Tahuico filed with the Rabinal Municipal Attorney’s Office of the Public
Prosecution Service, department of Baja Verapaz, April 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006-169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.
286
Annex 19. Complaint that Miguel Chen Tahuico filed with the Rabinal Municipal Attorney’s Office of the Public
Prosecution Service, department of Baja Verapaz, April 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006-169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.
287
Annex 19. Amplification of a statement made by Miguel Chen Tahuico, June 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006-169.
Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
288
Annex 19. Amplification of a statement made by Miguel Chen Tahuico, June 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006-169.
Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.