42 a. Concerning the events of August 23 and 24, 1981 and August 17, 1986 177. On May 9, 1995, Juana García Depaz filed a complaint with the Auxiliary Human Rights Ombudsman for Baja Verapaz concerning the executions that occurred in August 1981 that allegedly claimed the lives of her husband, Mateo Grave, and her brother-in-law, Juan Alvarado, and concerning the August 1986 execution that allegedly claimed the life of her brother Efraín Garcia de Paz.275 She maintained that the remains of her family members were buried in the Rabinal cemetery and asked that they be exhumed.276 178. On November 2, 2009, Juana Garcia Depaz gave a sworn statement in which she made reference to the events that occurred on August 23 and 24, 1981, in connection with her husband, Mateo Grave.277 179. The Commission has no information of any further progress made in this process. b. Concerning the events of January 8, 18 and 31, 1982 180. Between June 5 and July 11, 1995, family members filed a complaint with the Human Rights Ombudsman concerning the disappearance of Lorenzo Depaz Siprian (o Florencio Depaz Cipriano), Leonardo Cahuec Gonzáles, Juan Mendoza Alvarado and José Cruz Mendoza.278 The complaint was forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service’s District Attorney’s Office on July 12, 1995.279 181. On November 25, 2005, Maria Teresa Sic told the Rabinal Municipal Attorney’s Office that her husband, Juan Mendoza Alvarado, was the victim of a forced disappearance on January 31, 1982, and that “his whereabouts is unknown.”280 182. The Commission has no information of any further progress made in this process. c. Concerning events of February 12, 1982 183. According to information reported by the petitioners, on July 12, 1995 a complaint was filed regarding the disappearance of Maria Concepción Chen Sic and Casimiro Siana.281 275 Annex 10. New clandestine gravesite complaint, filed by Juana García de Paz, dated May 30, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 276 Annex 10. New clandestine gravesite complaint, filed by Juana García de Paz, dated May 30, 1995. Case File No. 802-95. Annex 7 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 277 Annex 13. Sworn statement of Juana Garcia Depaz, November 2, 2009. Annex of the petitioners’ communication of November 3, 2009. 278 Annex 14. Amplification of the complaint concerning disappeared persons in the Municipality of Rabinal, July 12, 1995. Case File No. 811-95. Annex 10 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 279 Annex 14. Amplification of the complaint concerning disappeared persons in the Municipality of Rabinal, July 12, 1995. Case File No. 811-95. Annex 10 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 280 Annex 27. Record from the Municipality of Rabinal, dated November 25, 2005. Annex 18 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.

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