simultaneously.49 Hilda María Fernández Rodríguez, mother-in-law of Silvia Reyes, declared that the body of her daughter-in-law was naked with many wounds.50 59. The file contains the version of the Joint Forces, according to which the deaths of the three women were the result of a confrontation. According to a communiqué issued by the Joint Forces Press Office, at 2:50 a.m. on April 21, 1974 the Joint Forces went to search the apartment and were met, from the interior, with gunfire and grenades, in light of which the members of the Joint Forces decided to use “full force to quell them.” 51 60. According to the Special Prosecutor, in a document provided as evidence by the State, according to the evidence gathered during the investigations, “it has been possible to disprove the official version of the confrontation” and “the deaths of the [three] girls [….] was the result of an illegal act of the State that greatly exceeded what was permitted in order to detain them.”52 C.1.2 Investigation 61. On October 15, 1986, the next of kin of Ms. Maidanik, Ms. Reyes and Ms. Raggio presented a criminal complaint regarding the violent deaths.53 62. As previously indicated (supra para. 40), the Expiry Law was promulgated on December 22, 1986. On March 24, 1987, Arturo Reyes, Flora Potasnik and Marta Odizzio De Raggio filed an objection of unconstitutionality against Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of that law.54 On August 10, 1988, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition.55 On December 21st of that year, the Supreme Court informed the criminal court hearing the case that the proceedings brought for the deaths of the three women had been included within the terms of the Expiry Law by decision of the Executive Branch. 56 The proceedings were then halted. Complaint of October 15, 1985, regarding the "homicides" of Ms. Raggio, Ms. Reyes and Ms. Maidanik; testimony of Jacqueline Barrios Fernández, sister-in-law of Ms. Reyes, concerning the events related to the deaths of the three women (evidence file, annex 2(3) to the Merits Report, fs. 287 to 292); Second testimony of Ms. Barrios Fernández, concerning the events related to the deaths of the three women (evidence file, annex 2(17) to the Merits Report, fs. 894 to 912). 49 Testimony of Hilda María Fernández Rodríguez, mother-in-law of Ms. Reyes, concerning the events related to the deaths of the three women (evidence file, annex 2(4) to the Merits Report, fs. 293 to 302). 50 Communiqué N° 1090 of the Press Office of the Joint Forces that provides a version of the events surrounding the deaths of the three women (evidence file, annex 2(11) to the Merits Report, fs. 375 to 377). 51 Cf. Undated Report of the Special Prosecutor (evidence file, annex XXVIII to the answering brief, fs. 3837 to 3848). 52 Complaint of October 15, 1986, regarding the "homicides" of Ms. Raggio, Ms. Reyes and Ms. Maidanik. It is important to note that the representative affirmed that the first criminal complaint regarding the violent deaths of the three women was presented on May 20, 1985. 53 Objection of unconstitutionality filed before the Eighth Criminal Court by Arturo R. Reyes, Flora Potasnik and Marta O. de Raggio (evidence file, annex 2(5) to the Merits Report, fs. 303 to 316). 54 Judgment of the Supreme Court of August 10, 1988, filed under “Arturo Ricardo Reyes Gaetán, Marta Odizzio de Raggio, Flora Potasnik – Complaint. Unconstitutionality” (evidence file, annex 2(7) to the Merits Report, fs. 343 to 348). 55 Communication of the Registrar of the Supreme Court to the Eighth Criminal Court (evidence file, annex 2(8) to the Merits Report, fs. 350 to 353). 56 18