- 50 - 132. On October 8, 2009, the eleven women asked to be recognized as interveners and as representatives of members of the Center Prodh in the preliminary inquiry. They also asked that the thirty-four (34) state police agents be located so that they could be brought to justice as those probably responsible.173 133. In light of the SCJN investigation (supra para. 122 and ff.), on March 11, 2010, the PGJEM Assistant Attorney General forwarded the inquiries related to the case to the General Directorate for Inspections to be continued and for a decision on the following steps. The General Directorate for Inspections carried out a legal study of the investigation file and returned it on June 1, 2010, ordering the reactivation of the criminal proceedings and proposing a series of procedures. 174 On September 22, 2010, the Special Working Group for the Atenco Case (GETCA) was established to act in the context of this preliminary inquiry. The GETCA addressed a series of official communications to other authorities, as proposed by the General Directorate for Inspections, and obtained some statements from the state police. Between September 2010 and September 2011, the investigation was active and conducted the proposed procedures.175 C.3.1 Criminal case 59/2006 (relating to María Patricia Romero Hernández) 134. On June 16, 2006, criminal case 59/2006 was instituted against seventeen (17) members of the state police and four (4) members of the municipal police for the offense of abuse of authority against María Patricia Romero Hernández, her father and her son (supra para. 128). On June 19, 2006, an arrest warrant was issued, and on June 30, 2006, a formal order of imprisonment was ordered.176 However, following several legal remedies, the charges were declared to be unfounded with regard to some of the police agents, owing to insufficient evidence, while others were acquitted.177 C.3.2 Criminal case 418/2011-55/2013178 (relating to the other ten women) 135. On September 14, 2011, the PGJEM Public Prosecution Service identified and requested arrest warrants for twenty-nine (29) state police agents,179 based on their probable responsibility by omission for crimes of torture, abuse of authority and injuries perpetrated against twelve (12) Cf. Brief of the eleven women before the Public Prosecution Service of October 8, 2009 (evidence file, folios 5017 to 5019). 173 The lines of investigation and methodology proposed by the General Directorate for Inspections consisted of: requesting lists of the police agents who had taken part in the operation and the personnel working at the CEPRESO on May 3 and 4, taking their photographs and recording them; questioning them; questioning the authorities involved as to whether they had initiated any administrative procedure against any public servant based on these facts; carrying out medical and psychological appraisals of the victims who had reported torture; providing treatment to the victims; obtaining newspaper articles for May 2006, and adding the SCJN judgment published in September 2009 to the investigation. Cf. The State’s brief before the Commission of October 15, 2012 (evidence file, folios 14344 to 14347). 174 175 Cf. The State’s brief before the Commission of October 15, 2012 (evidence file, folios 14344 to 14361). 176 Cf. The State’s brief before the Commission of October 15, 2012 (evidence file, folios 14337 to 14339). Cf. Decision of the First Criminal Trial Court of Tenango del Valle of January 9, 2008 (evidence file, folios 41522 to 41948). See also, The State’s brief before the Commission of October 15, 2012 (evidence file, folios 14337 to 14339). 177 According to the information provided by the State, “criminal case 418/2011 is the same as criminal case 55/2013, because, on May 2, 2013, the Fourth Criminal Trial Court was merged with the First Criminal Trial Court of Toluca, and criminal case 418/2011 was heard by the First Court as case 55/2013.” Brief of the State of September 12, 2018 (merits file, folios 2197 and 2198). 178 179 Cf. The State’s brief before the Commission of October 15, 2012 (evidence file, folios 14312 and 14361).

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