23 58.2.14 On January 12, 1998, Ms. Bessie Dodd-Burke appeared before the Office of the Attorney General of Distrito Federal in her capacity as complainant, to depose concerning the facts under investigation. During these proceedings she expressed again her disagreement “against the August 01, 1997 proposal for non application of penal action.” 58.2.15 On March 04, 1998, the General Directorate for the Investigation of Offences Against the Safety of Persons, Institutions and Justice Administration of the Distrito Federal Office of the Attorney General, decided, with respect to preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03, to revoke in its entirety the resolution towards non application of penal action issued on August 01, 1997, since it considered that it was not correctly founded and justified, and further ordered that “once [the revocation is] consummated, a determination is to be made as to what would be applicable according to law.” 58.2.16 On May 25, 1998, the Office of Deputy Prosecutor “A” for Penal Procedures of the General Directorate for the Investigation of Offences Against the Safety of Persons, Institutions and Justice Administration of the Distrito Federal Office of the Attorney General, reformulated the consultation towards non application of penal action in preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03, since “there are not sufficient convincing elements to bring penal action.” For this reason it ordered the transfer of the proceedings to the General Directorate for the Investigation of Offences Against the Safety of Persons, Institutions and Justice Administration of the Distrito Federal Office of the Attorney General. 58.2.17 On July 02, 1998, Ms. Bessie Dodd-Burke submitted a note of disagreement regarding the May 25, 1998, decision on non application of penal action in preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03, since she was not allowed sufficient time to obtain an extension from her witnesses and provide proof of the offence denounced. 58.2.18 On July 13, 1998, Mr. Alfonso Martín-del-Campo denounced the facts before the Inter-American Commission. 58.2.19 On July 22, 1998, the General Directorate for the Investigation of Offences Against the Safety of Persons, Institutions and Justice Administration of the Distrito Federal Office of the Attorney General, confirmed the non application of penal action decision of May 25, 1998 in the preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03. In this respect it pointed out that it “complied with the orders […] of the March 12, 1998 decision, the consultation on non application of the penal action as proposed having been found to be duly founded and justified […]. Indeed, the different allegations made by the complainants Alfonso Martín-del-Campo, and Bessie Dodd-Burke against the public servants [denounced] were not confirmed with any piece of evidence whatsoever which could substantiate them, there having been stated, in the opposite sense, the denial of those probably responsible parties and the facts in the […] record themselves, no proof having been found, therefore, of the elements that would

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