28 and a fever and he broke out in a rash over his small body; as a result of this sickness, (…) he died.” 167 Mr. Chen said that his son’s body was buried on the mountain.168 122. The original petition stated that Antonio Chen Mendoza died on November 12, 1992. In the complaint filed, his reported date of death is March 1983. His father, Miguel Chen, said that he did not recall the precise date of his son’s death, since “one loses track of time in the mountains.”169 2.2.10. The rape and execution of Gregoria Valey Yxtecoc on November 22, 1982170 123. The statements on record indicate that at around 10:00 a.m. on November 22, 1982, a group of Army soldiers arrived in the village of Chichupac and entered the home of Mrs. Gregoria Valey Yxtecoc, who was four months pregnant at the time.171 After asking for her husband, Timoteo García Rojas, who was not at home, the soldiers left.172 124. At midday, the Army soldiers returned to the home of Mrs. Gregoria Valey, who was raped and then hung by a rope from the ceiling of her home.173 The soldiers then set fire to the house. Family members of Mrs. Valey Yxtecoc found her body that same day.174 2.2.11. Detention of nine persons and torture and execution of eight on November 26, 1982; and execution of eight persons on March 2, 1983 125. On the afternoon of November 26, 1982, a group of Army soldiers and Civil Self-Defense patrollers from the municipal seat and from the village of Xococ, arrived in the villages of Xeabaj and Chijom.175 According to information provided by the petitioners, they stopped there and took nine persons from their homes, including the following: i) Gorgonio González González; ii) Gabino Román 167 Annex 19. Complaint that Miguel Chen Tahuico filed with the Municipal Attorney’s Office of the Rabinal Public Prosecution Service, department of Baja Verapaz, dated April 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006-169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 168 Annex 19. Amplification of the statement made by Miguel Chen Tahuico, June 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 169 Annex 19. Amplification of the statement made by Miguel Chen Tahuico, June 6, 2006. Case File No. 248-2006169. Annex 13 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 170 The Commission observes a discrepancy as to the date on which the rape and execution of Gregoria Valey Ixtecoc allegedly occurred. 171 Annex 9. Statement by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 19. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 172 Annex 9. Statement by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 19. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 173 Annex 9. Statement by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 19. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007; Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, June 20, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 174 Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey, June 20, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 175 Annex 21. Communication from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, dated October 6, 2004. Case File No. 1378-97. Annex 14 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007; Annex 22. Complaint filed by Francisca Gonzales Tecu with the Human Rights Ombudsman, dated July 28, 1997. Annex 11 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.

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