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Mrs. Arrivillaga de Villacorta because, without any work experience, her sons
had to look for work, thus terminating her husband’s hopes of ensuring they
had professional degrees.
In 1996, Mrs. Arrivillaga de Villacorta began to work, but when her children
found work, she stopped working. At one time, her children lost their jobs and
the family spent eight months without electric light, and the water and
telephone services were cut off. Currently, her income depends on one of her
children who lives with her.
Her husband would have liked to be remembered by the establishment of a
school in his memory, which could be near the Monte Rosa farm, in the
municipality of La Reforma, Department of San Marcos. Additionally, she
requested that the street on which the house in which Mr. Villacorta Fajardo
grew up with his mother was located should bear his complete name,
including his mother’s last name.
She was grateful for the “historical opportunity” to be heard by the Court and
hopes that a precedent in international justice is set, because there is no
justice in Guatemala. She considers that both she and her children “have the
right to reparation, and the State of Guatemala has the obligation to repair to
some extent all the damage and suffering that it has caused [them].” She
also stated that she hopes that the investigation into the case continues and
that the Guatemalan Government fulfills its commitments, because many
families have been destroyed, left helpless, with their hopes and dreams cut
short, and with serious psychological, emotional and financial injuries.
f)
Expert report of Marco Antonio Sagastume Gemmell, professor
of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and President of the
Guatemalan Human Rights Academy
Mr. Carpio Nicolle was not only a well-known politician but also the first
graduate of the School or Faculty of Political Science of the Universidad de
San Carlos; he was a businessman and, above all, a journalist.
In 1992, Mr. Carpio Nicolle proposed that a special National Assembly should
be convened in order to reform errors in the Constitution. Mr. Carpio Nicolle
stated that it was necessary to construct a new political project that “led to
the establishment of human dignity.”
It appeared that Mr. Carpio Nicolle would win the 1994 elections, because he
had a large following and defended the necessary respect of human rights,
particularly for the indigenous peoples of Guatemala.
On July 3, 1993, Mr. Carpio Nicolle was arbitrarily or extra-legally executed
by the Civilian Self-Defense Patrols (PAC), who were legalized and financed
by Guatemala’s military sector, which also controlled them. Thus, even
thought the said PAC did not take a political stance, the head of the
presidential staff at the time of the extrajudicial execution of Mr. Carpio
Nicolle already appeared to be a possible presidential candidate in future
elections for the “El Patriota” Party. The PAC of San Pedro Jocopilas had so
much power that they could establish a curfew and carry out kidnappings and
torture.