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2.2.15. The execution of Silvestre Sic Xitumul and Raymunda Sical Corazón on December 20,
1984
137. According to the testimony, at around 6:00 p.m. on December 20, 1984, Silvestre Sic
Xitumul and Raymunda Sical Corazón were in a home in the village of Chichupac when Army soldiers
entered.200 The two were struck with machetes and shot to death.201 Their bodies were later discovered
in a nearby latrine.202
2.2.16. The execution of Efraín García de Paz on August 17, 1986
138. According to the statements made, on August 17, 1986 Efraín García de Paz, brother-inlaw of Mateo Grave who was killed on August 24, 1981 (see supra paragraphs 95-98), left his home in
the village of Chichupac headed for Rabinal, the municipal seat. On the way, he was stopped and
murdered by a judicial who was an Army collaborator.203
2.3.
Criminal proceedings
2.3.1. In connection with the January 8, 1982 massacre – Case File No. 001-2005-95839
139. The complaint concerning the events in this case was filed on March 29, 1993 and
confirmed on April 14 of that same year by Ana Calate Sic.204 The complaint stated that “numerous
persons were aware of this fact but afraid to report it” and requested that the bodies be exhumed. The
Baja Verapaz Criminal Court Judge of First Instance agreed to the request on April 29, 1993.205
140. On May 6, 1993, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Team began an exhumation of
clandestine gravesites in the village of Chichupac; “originally, three gravesites (…) were dug up in what
was a forest.”206 Present for the exhumation was the Rabinal justice of the peace and the Baja Verapaz
200
Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey and Francisco Sic Chen, June 20, 1995. Case File No.
802-95. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
201
Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey and Francisco Sic Chen, June 20, 1995. Case File No.
802-95. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
202
Annex 20. Complaint filed by Maxima Emiliana Garcia Valey and Francisco Sic Chen, June 20, 1995. Case File No.
802-95. Annex 8 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
203
Annex 10. Complaint of a new clandestine grave, filed by Juana García de Paz on May 30, 1995. Case File No. 80295. Annex 7 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
204
Annex 7. Confirmation of a complaint filed by Ana Calate Sic with the Court of First Instance of Salama, April 14,
1993. Certification of Case File No. 001-2005-95839, pp. 268-271. Annex 1 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13,
2007.
205
Annex 9. Order from the Criminal Court Judge of First Instance of Baja Verapaz, dated April 29, 1993. Judicial case
No. 255-93, p. 88. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.
206
Annex 7. Report on the Forensic Anthropological Investigations, Chichupac Village, presented by the Guatemalan
Forensic Anthropology Team, July 1993. Certification of case File No. 001-2005-95839, pp. 58-91. Annex 1 of the petitioners’
communication of December 13, 2007.