34 2003.89 Meanwhile, the State forwarded evidence that 264 murders of women had been recorded up until 2001, and 328 up to 2003.90 According to this same evidence, by 2005, the number of murders of women had increased to 379.91 In this regard, the Observatorio Ciudadano indicated that “this number can hardly be considered reliable, owing to the previously documented inconsistency in the case files, investigations and auditing procedures undertaken by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic [Procuraduría General de la República (hereinafter also referred to as the “PGR” for its name in Spanish)], compared also to the information provided by the Colegio de la Frontera Norte and the Commission to Prevent and Eliminate Violence against Women of the Secretariat of Government [Ministry of the Interior], which refers to 442 murdered women.”92 119. Regarding the disappearances of women, according to the 2003 reports of CEDAW and Amnesty International, the national NGOs mention around 400 disappearances93 between 1993 and 2003 while, according to the report of the IACHR Rapporteur, in 2002, the whereabouts of 257 women who had been declared missing, between 1993 and 2002, were unknown.94 Furthermore, the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes related to the Murders of Women in the Municipality of Juárez (hereinafter the “Special Prosecutor’s Office”) established that, from 1993 to 2005, agencies and those cited by non-governmental organizations.” (Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folio 1934). Furthermore, according to the National Human Rights Commission, there are “disparities and contradictions in the data, numbers and information provided by the competent state and federal authorities to this National Commission, as well as to various international agencies and nongovernmental human rights defenders in relation to the women victims of murder or disappearance in the municipality of Juárez, Chihuahua; of itself, this denotes negligence in the performance of the administration of justice” (CNDH, Informe Especial, supra note 66, folio 2247). The Special Prosecutor’s Office emphasized that “[o]ne of the most difficult aspects to determine, and the one that has generated the greatest controversy concerning events in the municipality of Juárez […], relates to the number of cases of murder and disappearances that have occurred there over the last 13 years with similar characteristics or patterns of conduct. There have been innumerable speculations in this regard, and numbers and facts that bear no relationship to the reality have been used haphazardly.” According to the Special Prosecutor’s Office, “the figures and the evidence reveal that, in recent years, a perception has been generated that bears no relationship to the reality, creating a vicious circle of facts, impunity and speculation that has affected the population of Ciudad Juárez in particular” (Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Crimes related to the _Murders of Women in Ciudad Juárez, Informe Final, supra note 87, folios 14540 and 14607). The Ciudad Juárez Commission indicated that “it is not certain how many murders and disappearances have occurred in Ciudad Juárez; there is no credible figure for the family groups and government institutions.” (Comisión para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Primer Informe de Gestión, supra note 67, folio 8677). 89 Cf. IACHR, The Situation of the Rights of Women in Ciudad Juárez, supra note 64, folio 1743; Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folio 1921; CNDH, Informe Especial, supra note 66, folios 2166 and 2167, and Amnesty International, Intolerable killings, supra note 64, folios 2256 and 2262. 90 Cf. Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Crimes related to the Murders of Women in Ciudad Juárez, Informe Final, supra note 87, folio 14646. 91 Cf. Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Crimes related to the Murders of Women in Ciudad Juárez, Informe Final, supra note 87, folio 14691 and Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Feminicidio en Chihuahua, supra note 82, folios 6761 to 6864. 92 Final report of the Observatorio Ciudadano, supra note 81, folio 6647. 93 Cf. Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folio 1928 and Amnesty International, Intolerable killings, supra note 64, folio 2253. 94 Cf. IACHR, The Situation of the Rights of Women in Ciudad Juárez, supra note 64, folio 1746; Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folio 1928, and Amnesty International, Intolerable killings, supra note 64, folio 2274.