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Mr. Víctor Alvarado Valey and his sons Ceferino Alvardo Sucup and Fidel Alvarado Sucup, age 16.125
They then buried the bodies in a clandestine grave.126
101. At 9:00 p.m. that day, members of the National Army and the Civil Self-Defense Patrols
entered a home in the village of Toloxcoc and dragged out Domingo Reyes (or Domingo Juárez Reyes)
and his sons Andrés Reyes Román and Santiago Reyes Román. Santiago was just 14 years old. The three
alleged victims were accused of being guerrillas.127 Their bodies were found 300 meters from their
home; they had been shot in the head and “disemboweled and their hands were tied behind their
back.”128
2.2.3. January 8, 1982
102. The events described below took place before and/or at the same time as the various
events described above in connection with the Chichupac massacre.
a.
Concerning the detention and disappearance of Depaz Siprian (or Florencio Depaz
Cipriano) and the detention of Ciriaco Galiego López
103. The testimony indicates that at around 1:00 a.m. on January 8, 1982, Mr. Lorenzo Depaz
Siprian (or Florencio Depaz Cipriano) and his father-in-law Ciriaco Galiego López, left their home in the
village of Chichupac and headed for the municipal seat with the idea of selling a bull.129 Along the way,
they were stopped by members of the National Army and Civil Self-Defense Patrols, who took the bull
from them. They were also taken into custody and taken to the jail located in the municipal seat.130
104. Mr. Ciriaco Galiego was released at around 7:00 p.m. For his part, Mr. Depaz was
dragged and tortured, as he was accused of being a guerrilla. Mr. Depaz’ wife, Alejandra Galiego
Mendoza, learned of what happened at around 4:00 a.m. on January 9, 1982, when Ciriaco Galiego
returned to Chichupac.131 Mrs. Galiego, accompanied by her sister-in-law, went to the municipal seat to
establish her husband’s whereabouts. When she arrived at the municipal jail, she was given no
information as to the whereabouts of Mr. Depaz. His whereabouts is still unknown.132
125
Annex 9. Statement by Victor Castulo Alvarado Sucup, August 11, 1995. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 2. Annex 2 of
the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
126
Annex 9. Statement by Victor Castulo Alvarado Sucup, August 11, 1995. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 5. Annex 2 of
the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
127
Annex 9. Statement by Rosario Roman Tum, August 11, 1995. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 3. Annex 2 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007; Annex 9. Statement by Rosario Roman Tum, May 9, 2000. Judicial case No.
255-93, p. 4. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
128
Annex 9. Statement by Rosario Roman Tum, August 11, 1995. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 3. Annex 2 of the
petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
129
Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
130
Annex 14. Amplification of a complaint concerning a person who disappeared in the Municipality of Rabinal, filed
July 12, 1995. Case file No. 811-95. Annex 10 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
131
Annex 14. Amplification of a complaint concerning a person who disappeared in the Municipality of Rabinal, filed
July 12, 1995. Case file No. 811-95. Annex 10 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
132
Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007; Annex 2. CEH, Memory of Silence, Volume VIII,
Cases Presented, Case No. 9166.