22 2.2.1. The execution of Mateo Grave, Juan Alvarado Grave and Pedro Depáz Ciprian (or Pedro de Paz Cipriano), and the disappearance of Pedro Siana between August 23 and 24, 1981 95. The case file includes testimony recounting three executions and one disappearance that occurred between August 23 and 24, 1981. 96. On August 23, 1981, Mr. Mateo Grave learned that his brother, Juan Alvarado Grave, was murdered by a group of judiciales that same day.118 He decided to head to the hospital at Salamá, Baja Verapaz, to locate his brother’s body. Along the way, Mr. Mateo Grave was detained by a group of ten judiciales, somewhere between the summit of Rabinal and the municipality of San Miguel Chicaj.119 97. On August 24, 1981, Mr. Grave died from “bullet wounds to the skull, neck, thorax, cerebral hemorrhage and attrition, multiple fractures to the head.”120 Mr. Pedro Depáz Ciprian (or Pedro de Paz Cipriano) was killed together with Mr. Grave.121 Mr. Pedro Siana was also taken into custody by soldiers and his whereabouts is still unknown.122 According to the statement given by Juana García Depaz, when she noticed the absence of her husband, Mateo Grave, she went to the justice of the peace and the National Police in Rabinal, the municipal seat. Thereafter, she learned that her husband’s body was at the Hospital Nacional de Salamá, identified as ‘XXX’.123 98. Mrs. Juana García Depaz stated that when she arrived at the hospital, “she was threatened and harassed by three drunken judiciales.” She added that by order of the justice of the peace of the municipality of San Miguel Chicaj, Baja Verapaz, Mr. Grave’s body was buried in the cemetery of San Salamá, Baja Verapaz.124 2.2.2. The execution of members of the Alvarado and Reyes families on January 1, 1982 99. The case file contains testimony concerning the January 1, 1982 execution of six persons from two different families. 100. According to the statements, members of the National Army, accompanied by the Civil Self-Defense Patrols, came to the village of Toloxcoc in the municipality of Rabinal. There, they killed 118 Attachment to the petitioners’ 119 Attachment to the petitioners’ 120 Attachment to the petitioners’ Annex 13. Sworn statement of Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. communication of November 3, 2009. Annex 13. Sworn statement of Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. communication of November 3, 2009. Annex 13. Sworn statement of Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. communication of November 3, 2009. 121 Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 122 Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 123 Annex 13. Sworn statement of Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. communication of November 3, 2009. 124 Attachment to the petitioners’ Annex 13. Sworn statement of Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. Attachment to the petitioners’ communication of November 3, 2009.