12 Subsequently, Ana Lucrecia Molina Theissen and her son arrived. In November 1986, Carlos Augusto Molina Palma and Emma Theissen Álvarez were reunited with two of their daughters in this country, and in November 1990, María Eugenia Molina Theissen and her daughters arrived; Concerning the measures taken: 40(14) The parents of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen took various measures to try and locate their son: they visited military posts, they went to hospitals, and they contacted army officers, senior members of the police and Government, representatives of the Catholic Church, and international human rights organizations. His parents contacted several individuals to negotiate his liberty; in this regard, they were asked to give money and to exchange the father for the son. The family accepted the terms and conditions of the negotiation, but the individuals never fulfilled the agreement; 40(15) The victim’s parents filed several writs of habeas corpus on the day of the facts. On July 9, 1997, the victim’s next of kin, with the legal advice of the Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo, filed another writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala in favor of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, but received no reply. Subsequently, on August 11, 1997, the next of kin of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen again filed a writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court of Justice in his favor. The same day, the Second Trial Court of the Municipality of Mixto ordered the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Interior to inform it whether they had received or knew of any order of detention or investigation against the child, or whether they had proceeded to arrest him. On August 13, 1997, the said Ministries informed the court that they had not received any order of detention against the victim and were not aware that any investigation had been initiated into the reported facts. On August 15, 1997, the Second Trial Court of the Municipality of Mixto rejected the writ of habeas corpus that had been filed; 40(16) On January 20, 1998, the Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo initiated a special investigation procedure before the Supreme Court of Justice in favor of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen. Subsequently, on April 1, 1998, the same organization submitted an amendment to the special investigation procedure before the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, which was received by this Chamber on May 7, 1999. In this procedure, the Ombudsman was instructed to initiate an investigation into the disappearance of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen and to present the results by June 25, 1999, at the latest; at the request of the said Ombudsman, this time limit was extended to September 25, 1999, by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. The Fifth Trial Court for Criminal, Drug-trafficking and Environmental Offenses was granted jurisdiction over the proceeding. 40(17) On September 25, 1999, the Ombudsman presented his report in the special investigation procedure in favor of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen; in it, he indicated that he had conducted a search in the Register of the Movement of Vehicles of the National Police, based on the license plate number noted down by the victim’s mother; he had taken statements from Emma Theissen Álvarez, María Eugenia Molina Theissen and Emma Guadalupe