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129. According to the testimony, at around 5:00 a.m. on October 22, 1983, close to two
hundred Army soldiers arrived at Mount Cumatzá de Alvarado, located between the communities of
Chichupac and Xeabaj in the municipality of Rabinal.185
130. Army soldiers and Civil Self-Defense patrollers discovered Eusebia Grave García, age 19,
as she was bathing in a stream in the village of Chichupac.186 Her brother, José León Grave García, age
17, was eating breakfast at the time and attempted to flee but was shot and wounded.187 Both were
tortured and killed. Their mother, Juana García Depaz, said that in the case of José León, “they cut off
his penis, his ear, his nose and disemboweled him.”188
131. Juana García Depaz also stated that the National Army assembled the people living in
the area and proceeded to burn clothing and food.189 She also maintained that the soldiers told them
they had to go to the “military post located in the municipal seat of Rabinal (…) where they would want
for nothing.” Mrs. Depaz maintained that at the post “they endured hardship and torture, with nothing
to eat or drink (…) the judiciales (…) told them that they were going to die at any moment because the
grave was already dug.” She said that all the women were enclosed in the same room and once they
arrived at the post “they were kicked and raped by the soldiers and judiciales; that treatment continued
for the next two days.” She added that they asked for the names of the guerrillas from their village.190
132. Juana García Depaz also stated that at the post, a judicial by the name of Everardo
García told her that “her burial was already prepared, that there would be a rendering of accounts that
night; his blood itched and he was hot.”191 She said that “he put a rope around her neck, strung her up
and questioned her about the guerrillas.” Mrs. García Depaz said that after three or four days at the
military post, she was taken to Colonia Pacux in Rabinal, “where she was kept under military
surveillance” and where she remained for three and a half months. She maintained that “they lived
185
Annex 10. Statement by Juana García Depaz, June 9, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.
186
Annex 10. Statement by Juana García Depaz, June 9, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.
187
Annex 10. Statement by Juana García Depaz, June 9, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.
188
Annex 13. Sworn statement given by Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. Annex 9 of the petitioners’
communication of November 3, 2009.
189
Annex 10. Statement by Juana García Depaz, June 9, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007; Statement by Juana García Depaz, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 14-15.
Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
190
Annex 10. Statement by Juana García Depaz, June 9, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007; Statement by Juana García Depaz, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 14-15.
Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
191
Annex 10. Statement by Juana García Depaz, June 9, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007; Statement by Juana García Depaz, July 26, 2001. Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 14-15.
Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.