PMA agent was hit.77 The evidence in the case file is not clear as to whether it was the said
agent or his companions who then fired on the people gathered there, resulting in the
deaths of six of them,78 while another person was wounded and taken to the hospital in
Cobán, Alta Verapaz, where he subsequently died.79 The seven persons executed were
community leaders and representatives.80
69.
Following this massacre, Valeriano Osorio Chen and Evaristo Osorio, two leaders of
the Río Negro community committee that was negotiating the resettlement with INDE, were
summoned to a meeting to be held on July 8, 1980, at the offices of the said State entity in
“Chinatzul, […] between Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal Verapaz.” They were instructed to
bring with them the books containing the agreements signed and the commitments made
by INDE.81 The two community leaders left that day to go to the INDE meeting. However,
77
The testimonies in the case file differ as to whether the members of the Río Negro community assembled
in front of the chapel on their own initiative or whether they were summoned by the said State agents. Cf. Report
“Guatemala, Memoria del Silencio,” supra, volume VI, annex I, Illustrative Case No. 10 “Massacre and Elimination
of the Community of Río Negro”; testimony given by Antonia Osorio Sánchez on June 24, 2009 (file of annexes to
the submission of the case, tome I, folio 481); testimony given by Jerónimo Osorio Chen on July 6, 2009 (file of
annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folio 495), and testimony given by Francisco Chen Osorio on July 1,
2009 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folio 554).
78
The people who died in this attack were: Calixto Chen. Cf. birth certificate (file of attachments to the
pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15133) and death certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and
motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15132). See also, the testimony of Antonia Osorio Sánchez (file of annexes to the
submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to 490) and the testimony of Jerónimo Osorio Chen (file of annexes to
the submission of the case, tome I, folios 491 to 505); Francisco Tum Uscap. Cf. birth certificate (file of
attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15135) and death certificate (file of attachments
to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15134). See also, the testimony of Antonia Osorio Sánchez (file
of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to 490) and the testimony of Jerónimo Osorio Chen
(file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 491 to 505); Máxima Chen. Cf. birth certificate (file of
attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15140) and death certificate (file of attachments
to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15138). See also, the testimony of Antonia Osorio Sánchez (file
of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to 490) and the testimony of Jerónimo Osorio Chen
(file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 491 to 505); Santos Oswaldo López Ixpatá. Cf. birth
certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15143) and death certificate (file
of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15142). See also, the testimony of Antonia
Osorio Sánchez (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to 490) and the testimony of
Jerónimo Osorio Chen (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 491 to 505); Jesús Alvarado
Ixpatá. Cf. birth certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15146) and
death certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15145). See also, the
testimony of Antonia Osorio Sánchez (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to 490) and
the testimony of Jerónimo Osorio Chen (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 491 to 505);
Mateo Ixpatá Jerónimo. Cf. birth certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio
15149) and death certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome XXV, folio 15148). See
also, the testimony of Antonia Osorio Sánchez (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to
490) and the testimony of Jerónimo Osorio Chen (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 491
to 505).
79
This person was Mateo Uscap Chen. Cf. birth certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions
brief, tome XXV, folio 15137) and death certificate (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, tome
XXV, folio 15136). See also, the testimony provided by affidavit by María Eustaquia Uscap Ivoy (merits file, tome
II, folio 1006); the testimony of Antonia Osorio Sánchez (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I,
folios 481 to 490) and the testimony of Jerónimo Osorio Chen (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome
I, folios 491 to 505).
80
Cf. Report “Guatemala, Memoria del Silencio,” supra, volume VI, annex I, Illustrative Case No. 10
“Massacre and Elimination of the Community of Río Negro”; testimony given by Antonia Osorio Sánchez on June
24, 2009 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 481 to 482); testimony given by Jerónimo
Osorio Chen on July 6, 2009 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I, folios 496 to 497), and
testimony given by Francisco Chen Osorio on July 1, 2009 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome I,
folio 554).
81
Cf. Testimony given by Jerónimo Osorio Chen on July 6, 2009 (file of annexes to the submission of the
case, tome I, folio 499), and Testimony given by Antonia Osorio Sánchez on June 24, 2009 (file of annexes to the
submission of the case, tome I, folio 482).
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