26 same reason.”152 They also threatened to beat her if she refused to leave and told her that her husband would back in three or five years, “since they were going to send him to headquarters”.153 The whereabouts of Mr. Leonardo Cahuec González is still unknown. c. Concerning the detention and torture of Miguel Chen Tahuico 112. According to the petitioners, on January 18, 1982, Mr. Miguel Chen Tahuico, father of another alleged victim (see infra paragraphs 121-122) who fled the village of Chichupac after the January 8 massacre that year, was arrested by members of the National Army, along with three other people.154 After being accused of belonging to the guerrilla movement, Mr. Chen was hung from a tree; a cigarette was used to burn his chest. They also tried to burn his tongue with a charred stick. Once they took him down and had him on the ground, the soldiers jumped on him. Then they retied him to a tree, where he remained all night. The next day he was taken to the model village of “La Colonia,” which was under military control.155 2.2.5. The disappearance of Juan Mendoza Alvarado and José Cruz Mendoza, missing since January 31, 1982 113. The documentation available discloses two disappearances on January 31, 1982. 114. On January 31, 1982, members of the National Army and the Civil Self-Defense Patrols went to the village of El Apazote and entered the home of Juan Mendoza Alvarado and his father José Cruz Mendoza.156 Both men were tortured157 and their whereabouts is still unknown.158 2.2.6. The February 12, 1982 disappearance of María Concepción Chen Sic and Casimiro Siana 115. The available documentation indicates that on February 12, 1982, members of the National Army and Civil Self-Defense Patrols entered the home of María Concepción Chen Sic in the village of Chichupac.159 These solders and patrollers accused her of preparing food for the guerrillas and demanded that she hand over her husband, Silvestre Sic Xitumul. It was then that Mr. Silvestre Sic Xitumul left the house, along with his children. 152 Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 153 Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 154 Annex 17. The petitioners’ communication of November 1, 2011. 155 Annex 17. The petitioners’ communication of November 1, 2011. 156 Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 157 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. 158 Annex 18. Record from the Municipality of Rabinal, dated November 25, 2005. Annex 18 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 159 Annex 6. The petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.