It was possible to establish the identity of three of the skeletons: Marta Julia Chen Osorio,
Demetrio Osorio Lajuj and Margarita Chen Uscap.164
103. Furthermore, on February 19, 20 and 21, 1996, in a clandestine cemetery, the
exhumation was carried out of the remains of members of the Río Negro community who died
during the Agua Fría massacre,165 On March 18, 1996, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology
Foundation, which took part in the exhumation, issued an anthropological report indicating
that, the best preserved samples it had obtained revealed that a minimum of 14 people had
been killed and that it could not exclude “the possibility that there were more, but never
less.” The report also indicated that, despite the condition of the osseous remains, it had
been able to determine that the victims’ death had been violent166 and that, “recently,” the
cemetery had been partially sacked, “with no information on the quantity or quality of the
evidence lost.”167
104. On April 8, 9 and 11, 1997, an exhumation was carried out in a place known as
“Monte Redondo,” in the village of Chitucán, municipality of Rabinal, during which the
bodies of Juana Osorio, Mateo Pérez Siana, and Estefanía and Gregoria Pérez Vargas were
exhumed.168 Nevertheless, these persons are not among the victims in this case.169
105. The Court has no further information on the status of the exhumations or if any new
steps have been taken within the framework of the investigation into the Pacoxom and
Agua Fría massacres.
c.3.
Request for information from State authorities and measures taken to
capture former Colonel José Antonio González Solares
106. On November 8, 1993, the First Instance Criminal Court of Baja Verapaz asked the
Commander of the Departmental Military Reserve Forces for information on Carlos Chen
Gómez, Tomás Gómez Gonzáles and Pedro Gonzáles Gómez in order to determine whether
they were members of the PAC on March 13, 1982.170 The request was repeated on January
164
Cf. note of May 3, 1994, in Criminal Proceedings 001-98-1, and Order of the First Instance Court of
Salamá, Baja Verapaz, of December 9, 1993 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome II, folios 10151018 and 1124-1138)
165
Cf. communication of the Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Service of March 4, 1996, and record of
exhumation of February 19, 1996 (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folios 29248 to
29251 and 29316).
166
Cf. Report of Forensic Anthropology Investigations in the village of de Agua Fría presented by the
Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folio
29344).
167
Report of Forensic Anthropology Investigations in the village of Agua Fría presented by the Guatemalan
Forensic Anthropology Foundation (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State, folio 29346).
168
Cf. record of exhumation of corpses performed on April 8, 9 and 11, 1997 (file of attachments to the final
written arguments of the State, folios 29565 to 29568).
169
The Court also has information on several people named “Juana Osorio” with another surname; thus it is
not possible to verify whether the supposed remains of “Juana Osorio” found during the excavation in Monte
Redondo belong to one of them.
170
Cf. communication of the First Instance Court for Crime, Drug-trafficking and Offenses against the
Environment of Baja Verapaz of January 25, 1994 (file of attachments to the final written arguments of the State,
folio 28718).
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