82 262. Mexico reported that in the state of Guerrero there exists, among others, a Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Investigation of Crimes of Sexual and Domestic Violence, of which seven agencies specialized in attention to sexual violence depend, and which are strategically located in the territory of the state, one in the Mountain Region, all of which are attended to by female personnel, trained on matters of gender and violence, and the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking, adjoined to the Attorney General of Justice of the Republic. Moreover, Mexico reported that the state of Guerrero has carried out multiple actions to take care of indigenous women of Guerrero, noting the work of various agencies, among others, the Secretariat for Women and the Secretariat of Legal Matters in the state of Guerrero, the creation of 36 municipal counsels for assistance and prevention of the same specialization located in the Mountain area. In addition, it reported that in order to provide psychological and legal attention and of social-work oriented attention for women in the Mountain and Costa Chica region, in municipalities and localities of greater marginalization that have a higher numbers of indigenous population, it counts on two mobile units. Similarly, it reported on a program of consultancy, orientation in gender violence and legal representation in family matters, whose actions are aimed at providing, among other services, free legal representation and assistance to women, and it also reported on the program of defense and legal aid of the attorney general of defense of the rights of women, whom, among other matters, offers economic aid to women to expense costs in jurisdictional proceedings and provides representation and legal aid in the criminal procedures of which they may be involved. Lastly, it reported on the actions taken in regard to the dissemination of women's rights information, among which it noted the distribution of leaflets to raise awareness of the functions, services, and location of the municipal units specialized in the care for women victims of violence. 263. The Court values the information presented by the State and notes that the representatives have not given their observations on the diverse actions, mobile units, or institutions referred to by Mexico, nor have they provided information noting the possible failures with these organizations. Based on the aforementioned, the Court does not have specific and sufficient information to assess the situation and order the creation of the requested office by the representatives. Nevertheless, the services for women victims of sexual violence must be offered by the institutions noted by the State, among others, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ayutla de los Libres, by way of the provision of material resources and personnel, whose activities should be strengthened through trainings ordered in the present Judgment. 264. Lastly, the Court observes that the diagnostic report carried out by the Secretariat for Women of the state of Guerrero identifies, among other barriers that complicate attention to the violence in indigenous and rural zones, the fact that said services are centered in cities, and the difficulties regarding access and moving of the location of the services.292 Said diagnostic report recommends, among other measures to decentralize the services and to promote roaming services of sensitization, detection, and attention to violence and to improve access to telephone services for the indigenous communities of Guerrero, so as to allow better attention to women victims of violence. The Court understands that the first of these measures shall be attended to by the informed mobile unites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Court appreciates the document and considers it useful to indicate the State to discuss the need for progress in implementing these two recommendations in the area where the events of this case occurred. 292 Cf. Network Development 2008, Secretariat for Women and National Network of Shelters, supra note 57, folio 19159.

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