Peace Secretariat, “[t]he similitude between the date and the address of the capture, leads
to the conclusion that, evidently, this was an operation with other purposes that the simple
inspection of vehicles by the National Police.”
90. The family last saw Mr. Calderón Díaz on January 23, 1984, when he left his house in
the morning to buy a piñata and a cake for the his youngest child’s birthday. According to
information received by the family, Víctor Manuel had had a “machine gun [aimed at him],
he was forced into a car and taken away.” The daughter of Mr. Calderón Díaz stated that, at
different times, she has heard rumors that her father has been seen in different places and
that he had been granted asylum in Canada. The family did not conduct searches because
they were afraid.
8. Amancio Samuel Villatoro83
91.
Amancio Samuel Villatoro was 47 years of age; he was married and had four
children. He had studied industrial engineering at the Universidad de San Carlos de
Guatemala for three years and worked in the Adams Chewing Gum factory where he was
Secretary General of the labor union. He was also a member of the National Workers
Confederation (hereinafter “CNT”) and of the National Trade Union Confederation. At the
same time, Mr. Villatoro was a member of the Rebel Armed Forces of Guatemala
(hereinafter “FAR”). The Diario Militar recorded Amancio Samuel Villatoro as follows:
55. AMANCIO SAMUEL VILLATORO
(alias) GUILLERMO and RENÉ. Member of the FAR and CNT coordinator at the national and
international level, employed with a salary of Q.1000.00, also in communication with GARCIA
MARQUEZ in México. 30-01-84: Captured on 15th Street and 2nd Avenue, Zone 1. 29-03-84: 300.
92. On January 30, 1984, Mr. Villatoro left his house and did not return for lunch. His wife
went to wait for him at the bus stop that evening. According to her account, while she
waited, two cars arrived with about eight armed men in white guayaberas with a red scarf
covering their face. She started walking home, the men beat her and “took an attaché case
with [her] husband’s paperwork and money”; they threatened to kill the family, telling them
not to file a complaint, and upon leaving they locked the door. Before the Inter-American
Commission, a witness stated that he had seen Mr. Villatoro in a detention center, where
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The evidence regarding this victim is found in: Diario Militar (file of annexes to the merits report, tome I,
annex 11, folio 371); Certified copy of entry for neighborhood identity card of Amancio Samuel Villatoro (file of
annexes presented by the State on October 17, 2008, tome III, folio 7032); affidavit made by María del Rosario
Bran de Villatoro on December 2, 2004 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome II, annex 47, folios 653 to 655);
affidavit made by Sergio Saúl Villatoro Bran, Norma Carolina Villatoro Bran and Samuel Lisandro Villatoro Bran on
December 21, 2004 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome II, annex 48, folios 657 and 658); testimony given
by Néstor Amílcar Villatoro Bran before the Public Prosecution Service on August 18, 1999 (file of annexes to the
merits report, tome II, annex 49, folio 667); testimony of Sergio Raúl Villatoro Bran filmed and authenticated on
March 28, 2008 (file of annexes to the merits report, tome II, annex 50, folio 671); letter from the Universidad San
Carlos de Guatemala to the Prosecution Unit for Special Cases and Human Rights Violations of July 13, 2006 (file of
annexes presented by the State on October 17, 2008, tome III, folio 7013); CEH, supra, volume VIII, annex II, p.
352; copy of the petition filed on June 24, 1985, of Case No. 9303 before the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights (file of annexes to the merits report, tome II, annex 51, folio 681); AHPN, Summary of the crimes
committed over the period from 7FEB84 to 14FEB84, GT PN 50 S003, 11901 (file of annexes to the pleadings and
motions brief, tome VI, annex D12, folio 11490); AHPN, Application for Habeas corpus of February 28, 1984, GT PN
50 S004, No. 25072 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI, annex D21, folios 11678 a
11679); AHPN, Note to file, GT PN S001, No. 11888 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI,
annex D11, folio 11487); AHPN, Investigation report dated March 22, 1984, GT PN 50 S004, No. 16240 (file of
annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI, annex D4, folio 11431); AHPN, Investigation report dated
June 25, 1984, GT PN 50 S004, No. 25066 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome VI, annex
D21, folio 11672); AHPN, Note to file, GT PN 50 S001, No. 11924 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions
brief, tome VI, annex D15, folios 11506 and 11507), and Peace Secretariat, supra, p. 131.
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