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Appendix B: Cases in Guatemala
Appendix B: Cases in Guatemala
Pages 45-62
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Political Killings DANILO SERGIO ALVARADO ME,IIA: 32-year-old agronomist, professor at the University Center of Western Guatemala (a regional branch in Quetzaltenango of USAC) , former director of the University Center's Students' Association; abducted on October 17, 1987; body recovered on October 23, 1987, with stab wounds; public protests reportedly were made following his murder.
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, a government agency in Escuintla. His family reportedly filed a writ of habeas corpus in his behalf.
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AI reported that, according to human rights groups in Guatemala, these vehicles as well as the arms and clothing used by the kidnappers were of the type customarily used by the G-2, the intelligence unit of the Guatemalan army. FERNANDO ANTONIO CASTELLON MORALES: 21-year-old medical student at the USAC School of Pharmacy; abducted on November 16, 1988; body recovered November 17, 1988, with bullet wounds, burn marks, and signs of strangulation.
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Following the recovery of the body, it was reported in the Guatemalan press that five other people were killed in a similar fashion and the security forces were-investigating the murders. JOSE ALBINO GRIJALVA ESTEVEZ: 27-year-old agronomist, former student at USAC who returned to Guatemala from exile; abducted on February 16, 1988, by men in a white van with darkened windows; body recovered on February 17, 1988, with signs of torture; his case and cases of others also abducted in a white van were investigated, several treasury police agents were arrested but were later "released for lack of evidence." Mr.
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RENE HAROLDO LEIVA CAYAX: 29-year-old graduate student in agronomy at the University Center of Western Guatemala (a regional branch of USAC in Quetzaltenango) , former leader of the University of Western Guatemala's Association of Agronomy Students; beaten, handcuffed, and abducted on October 19, 1987; body found on the Interamerican Highway in the department of Solola on October 23, 1987; widespread student protests reportedly accused the National Police of his murder.
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EDUARDO ANTONIO LOPEZ PALENCIA: 24-year-old student in the faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy at USAC, a member of the executive commission of AEU in 1987-1988, and a representative of the Huelga de Dolores Committee in 1988 (an annual student event at USAC of satire and processions that often mocks the government in power) ; abducted on September 10, 1989, in Guatemala City; body found at the bottom of a ravine in Sanarate, E1 Progreso Department, on September 18, 1989; body had slash wounds and bore signs of severe torture.
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. ANA ELIZABETH PANIAGUA MORALES: 25-year-old former economics student at USAC, active member of AEU; beaten and abducted on February 9, 1988, by men in a white van with darkened windows; petition of habeas corpus was filed immediately; had received numerous death threats and had been shot at by men who abducted and killed her husband several years earlier; applied for asylum abroad; body recovered February 11, 1988; her case and cases of others also abducted in a white van were investigated, several treasury police agents were arrested but were later "released for lack of evidence." Ms.
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which submitted an unsuccessful petition of habeas corpus in his behalf; body found some days later showing signs of torture. At the time of his death, Mr.
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de Le6n's case has been referred to the Presidential Commission on Human Rights for further investigation. EDGAR LEONEL DOMINGUEZ IZAS: doctor and surgeon at the Cantel Private Sanitorium (a clinic that assists the indigenous population in the
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The Cantel Private Sanitorium is a clinic founded by a young indigenous doctor to assist the indigenous population in the highlands and staffed with persons of indigenous origin. Its founder reportedly left in March 1984 after receiving death threats from "death squads." Dr.
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Gramajo's case has been referred to the Presidential Commission on Human Rights for further investigation. ERNESTO 'lOAQUIN GUTIERREZ CASTELLANOS: medical doctor and staff member at USAC, former supervisor of the Ejercicio Profesional Supervisado, a program run by USAC that sent medical and dental students to rural areas to gain practical experience before graduating; abducted on May 3, 1983; efforts by his family and human rights organizations to obtain information regarding his whereabouts have been unsuccessful.
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His mother was reportedly beaten. JORGE LUIS MORAN ESCOBAR: student at American College of Computer Science; abducted on April 8, 1991, within half a block of his home; his wife reported the abduction to the National Police and to the human rights ombudsman.
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AI reports that agronomy students as well as graduates and staff of USAC have repeatedly been the target of human rights abuses by the security forces. It is believed that they have been arrested, disappeared, and killed because the USAC School of Agronomy has frequently been critical of government land policies and has been involved in attempts to organize peasants.
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EDSON FIGUEROA CRUZ: economics student at USAC; he and Leider Flores Pinto, whose name also appears below, were abducted by armed men on December 1, 1984; on December 3, 1984, their bullet-riddled bodies were thrown from a moving vehicle as it passed in front of USAC. LEIDER FLORES PINTO: economics student at USAC; he and Edson Figueroa Cruz, whose name also appears above, were abducted by armed men on December 1, 1984; on December 3, 1984, their bullet-riddled bodies reportedly were thrown from a moving vehicle as it passed in front of USAC.
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'NOSE MATEO PINZON CACERES: 33-year-old agronomist; shot to death on May 3, 1992, in Zone 4 of Guatemala City after five armed men followed him onto a public bus; he was reportedly killed by one of the gunmen, who shot him in the temple. SERGIO VINICIO SAMAYOA MORALES: 29-year-old engineering student at USAC; attacked and seriously wounded by armed men on February 1, 1984; was then taken to Roosevelt Hospital for medical treatment; during the night of February 1, ten men reportedly abducted him from the intensive care unit where he was being treated; on February 6, his body was found covered with bullet holes on the road to Chinautla just outside Guatemala City; his mother, who worked at the USAC Faculty of Economics, his two sisters, and his brother had all disappeared in September 1982.
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HECTOR ALIRIO INTERIANO ORTIZ: 28-year-old economics student and employee at USAC, leader of AEU in 1978; abducted on May 21, 1984, in Guatemala City by armed men as he was leaving work at the USAC Research Institute. EDY AMILCAR MERIDA PERALTA: 27-year-old graduate in science and literature at USAC and former employee of the Guatemalan Post and Telecommunications Service; disappeared on April 7, 1984, while on his way from Guatemala City to visit his mother; two days after his disappearance, armed men went to his house to look for his wife and told neighbors to tell her that her husband was at the police station; however, petitions of habeas corpus filed in his behalf have been unsuccessful.
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Threats CARLOS LEON MEDRANO: medical doctor of Quiche indigenous origin, lives in Santa Cruz del Quiche and works in Chichicastenango, where he runs a foundation promoting indigenous medical techniques, including midwifery; reportedly has received threats including banging on his door late at night and telephone calls to his mother warning that he should leave Chichicastenango; AI reports that members of the armed forces have made inquiries about him; he is not known to be involved in politics. Other Human Rights Abuses Several members of the security forces shot eight USAC students, two of whom were killed, in April 1992.
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Julio Rigoberto Cuc Quim, who was studying to be a secondary school teacher, was killed instantly; Alfonzo Aldana Perez, a student of veterinary medicine, died in the hospital as a result of his injuries (his name is also listed under"Additional Cases"~. The six who were wounded were Maria Isabel Cabeiro, a psychology student; Axel Oswaldo Morales Gaitan, an engineering student; Otoniel Estuardo Moran Aldana, an agronomy student; Otto Rene Perez Figueroa, an engineering student; Juan Armando Perez Lopez, a medical student; and Julio Felipe Sajche, an engineering student.
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