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included Cristóbal Che Pérez, known as Valentín, Santiago Cabrera López, known as
Carlos, Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza, known as Bayardo, and Pedro Tartón Jutzuy,
known as Arnulfo70.
h)
On March 12, 1992, there was an armed encounter between guerrilla
combatants belonging to the Luis Ixmatá Front and members of the Army on the
banks of the Ixcucua River, in the municipality of Nuevo San Carlos, Department of
.
Retalhuleu71. Efraín Bámaca Velásquez was captured alive during this encounter 72.
i)
Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, who was wounded, was taken by his captors
to the Santa Ana Berlín military detachment, Military Zone No. 1715, located in
Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango. During his confinement at this detachment, Bámaca
Velásquez remained tied up, with his eyes covered, and was submitted to unlawful
coercion and threats while he was being interrogated73.
Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; supplementary statement by Nery Ángel Urízar García before
the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, Public Ministry, May 24, 1995, Annex 12; statement
sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Pedro Tartón Jutzuy “Arnulfo” of February 23, 1998;
statement sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza “Bayardo” of February
24, 1998; testimony of Santiago Cabrera López, given to the Court on June 16, 1998; testimony of
Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza, given to the Court on October 15, 1998; testimony of Mario Ernesto Sosa
Orellana, given to the Court on November 22, 1998; testimony of Luis Alberto Gómez Guillermo, given to
the Court on November 23, 1998; testimony of Jesús Efraín Aguirre Loarca of November 23, 1998;
testimony of Julio Alberto Soto Bilbao, given to the Court on November 23, 1998; and REMHI Report,
Tome II.
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Cf. Testimony of Santiago Cabrera López before the Inter-American Commission, Annex 3;
testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García before the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, in the
Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; supplementary statement by Nery Ángel Urízar García before
the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, Public Ministry, May 24, 1995, Annex 12; statement
sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Pedro Tartón Jutzuy “Arnulfo” of February 23, 1998;
statement sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza “Bayardo” of February
24, 1998; testimony of Santiago Cabrera López. given to the Court on June 16, 1998; testimony of
Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza, given to the Court on October 15, 1998; testimony of Mario Ernesto Sosa
Orellana, given to the Court on November 22, 1998; testimony of Luis Alberto Gómez Guillermo, given to
the Court on November 23, 1998; and testimony of Jesús Efraín Aguirre Loarca of November 23, 1998.
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Cf. Testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García before the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango
Escobar, in the Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; Final report of the Ombudsman on the special
pre-trial investigation procedure, December 9, 1994, Annex 16; Human Rights Watch/Americas,
Disappeared in Guatemala: The Case of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, March 1995, Annex 51; statement
sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza “Bayardo” of February 24, 1998;
testimony of Santiago Cabrera López, given to the Court on June 16, 1998; testimony of Otoniel de la
Roca Mendoza, given to the Court on October 15, 1998; testimony of Mario Ernesto Sosa Orellana, given
to the Court on November 22, 1998; testimony of Julio Alberto Soto Bilbao, given to the Court on
November 23, 1998; photocopy of official letter No. 229/G-3-92 of 13 July, 1992, attaching Fragmentary
Order No. 008/G-3-92; two photocopies of telegrams of July 21 and 27, 1992; photocopy of official letter
No. 245/G-3-92; photocopy of telegram of August 7, 1992; and Report of the Commission for Historical
Clarification, Tome VII.
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Cf. Testimony of Nery Ángel Urízar García before the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango
Escobar, in the Public Ministry on May 20, 1995, Annex 10; Final report of the Ombudsman on the special
pre-trial investigation procedure, December 9, 1994, Annex 16; Human Rights Watch/Americas,
Disappeared in Guatemala: The Case of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, March 1995, Annex 51; statement
sworn before a Notary with the testimony of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza “Bayardo” of February 24, 1998;
testimony of Santiago Cabrera López, given to the Court on June 16, 1998; testimony of Otoniel de la
Roca Mendoza, given to the Court on October 15, 1998; and Report of the Commission for Historical
Clarification, Tome VII.
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Cf. Testimonies of Santiago Cabrera López before the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights and before the Office of the Guatemalan Prosecutor General, Annexes 1 and 2; testimony of Nery
Ángel Urízar García before the special prosecutor, Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar, in the Public Ministry on
May 20, 1995, Annex 10; Human Rights Watch/Americas, Disappeared in Guatemala: The Case of Efraín
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