58. The petitioners pointed out that in 2000 Mrs. Villaseñor was elected President of the Association of Judges and Magistrates of the Judiciary.35 59. In May 2014, Mrs. Villaseñor was working as a judge pro tempore in the Fifth Division of the Court of Appeals, based in Quetzaltenango.36 C. Regarding the threats against Mrs. Villaseñor 60. The case file before the Commission describes a series of occurrences between 1994 and 2002 that amounted to various forms of threat, intimidation, and harassment related to Mrs. Villaseñor's activities as a judge in Guatemala. As regards the evidence for these occurrences, the Commission has the description given by the victim to the IACHR and to a number of State authorities, as well as press releases and a number of pronouncements by the Human Rights Ombudsman (Procurador de los Derechos Humanos). Following is an account of those occurrences in chronological order, with indications of the documentation in the possession of the Commission regarding each one. 61. According to Mrs. Villaseñor's description, towards the end of February 1994, she was robbed of her belongings by an unknown man on a motorbike, while she was in her car.37 She said that on May 20, 1994, an unknown person attempted to enter her vehicle and destroyed the lock on her car.38 She added that on July 6 of the same year, an unknown person destroyed one of the tires on her car.39 62. Mrs. Villaseñor stated that on June 11, 1994 two men, "who appeared to be soldiers," wanted to get into her home.40 She said that June 20 of the same year, unknown persons "threatened to kill her."41 She also said that in mid-July, 1994 she hear some men saying outside her home "we have got to kill that old woman."42 63. According to Mrs. Villaseñor's statement, on August 29, 1994, the policeman guarding her home, Miguel Pacheco, was stopped and beaten by three unknown people who allegedly told him to "get away from here because we, the people who live here, are going to kill her."43 Mr. Pacheco said that the people who stopped him interrogated him about Mrs. Villaseñor's activities, in particular about the routes she took44 and her relationship to Helen Mack, the sister of the deceased Myrna Mack.45 64. Mrs. Villaseñor said that a few days later there was an attempt to kidnap her daughter.46 She also said that she had received several anonymous phone calls threatening to kill her because of the publication of her book about Myrna Mack.47 35 Petitioners’ communication of June 20, 2000. 36 Petitioners’ communication of May 7, 2014. 37 Petitioners’ communication of September 30, 1994. 38 Petitioners’ communication of September 30, 1994. 39 Petitioners’ communication of September 30, 1994. 40 Petitioners’ communication of September 30, 1994. 41 Petitioners’ communication of September 30, 1994. 42 Petitioners’ communication of Friday, September 30, 1994. 43 Petitioners’ communication of September 20, 1994. Press release, “Agente Pacheco relata los momentos en que estuvo secuestrado” , September 1, 1994. Attached to the petitioners’ communication of September 20, 1994. 44 45 Press release, “Magistrada Villaseñor analiza posibilidad de exiliarse” , August 31, 1994. Attached to the petitioners’ communication of September 20, 1994. 46 Petitioners’ communication of May 7, 2014. 10

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