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58.22. Since June 19, 1995, the case file is in the hands of the Office of the
Attorney General, and the investigation has not produced any results;52
Regarding Maritza Urrutia
58.23. Maritza Urrutia was born on November 28, 1958.53 At the time of the facts
she was 33 years of age, she lived with her parents in Guatemala City, together with
her son, her sister, Carolina, and her niece and nephew. She had belonged to the
rebel group, Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP), which was a member of the
Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG). She was also a primary
school teacher and collaborated with a psychologist, conducting tests in various
elementary schools. She now lives in Holland;54
Regarding the next of kin of Maritza Urrutia
58.24. Her son is Fernando Sebastián Barrientos Urrutia.55
Her parents are
Edmundo Urrutia Castellanos and María Pilar García de Urrutia.56 Her siblings are
Carolina Lissette and Edmundo, both Urrutia García.57 Her husband is Daniel Robert
Saxon;
Regarding the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage caused to Maritza Urrutia
58.25. Maritza Urrutia has suffered psychological problems58 as a result of the facts.
She had to move to Mexico where she remained as a refugee for six years and her
REF. SE-122-92/HA of August 13, 2003, of the Guatemalan Ombudsman addressed to the President
the Republic of Guatemala, Jorge Serrano Elías (file of attachments submitted by the representatives
the victims and their next of kin in the brief of November 5, 2003, folios 303 to 303); and resolution
the Guatemalan Ombudsman of October 6, 1992, delivered in file number 168-92/P Of. 5º (file
attachments to the application, attachment 17, folios 120 to 126).
of
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of
52
Cf. Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, Guatemala, memoria del silencio, Tome
VI, illustrative case No. 33, “Privación arbitraria de libertad y tortura de Maritza Urrutia”, pp. 245 to 250
(file of attachments to the application, attachment 2, folios 32 to 37); testimony of Edmundo Urrutia
Castellanos before the Court on February 21, 2003; and testimony of Daniel Robert Saxon before the
Court on February 21, 2003.
53
Cf. Guatemalan identity card No. 598502 of Maritza Ninette Urrutia García (file of attachments to
the brief with the final arguments of the representatives of the alleged victim, attachment A, folios 170 to
173).
54
Cf. Testimony of Maritza Urrutia before the Court on February 20, 2003.
55
Cf. Consular birth certificate No. 281 of February 25, 1988, of Fernando Sebastián Barrientos
Urrutia (file of attachments to the brief with the final arguments of the representatives of the alleged
victim, attachment F, folios 182 and 183).
56
Cf. Guatemalan identity card No. 598502 of Maritza Ninette Urrutia García (file of attachments to
the brief with the final arguments of the representatives of the alleged victim, attachment A, folios 170 to
173).
57
Cf. Birth certificate No. 2852 of August 24, 1954, of Carolina Lissette Urrutia García (file of
attachments to the brief with the final arguments of the representatives of the alleged victim, attachment
D, folios 178 and 179); and birth certificate No. 2102 of May 19, 1952, of Edmundo René Urrutia García
(file of attachments to the brief with the final arguments of the representatives of the alleged victim,
attachment E, folios 180 to 190).
58
Cf. Expert report of Carlos Bethancourt Monzón before the Court on February 21, 2003.