June 9, 1999, expanded orders of instruction were issued. 53 On March 30, 2000, Mr. Flores Bedregal's sisters appeared before the Third Magistrate's Court and requested information on the proceedings in the criminal case. 54 48. On April 18, 2001, the Third Magistrate's Court issued the final supplementary order, in which it ordered the arrest of 17 suspects. The case of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal was included in the proceedings, indicating that "the commission of [...] criminal acts" was being charged, "due to the fact that in July, 1980 there were bloody events in which Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz and Carlos Flores Bedregal lost their lives." 55 49. On September 13, 2002, the Flores Bedregal sisters were the accuser and civil party before the Sixth Magistrate's Court and requested that the suspects be convicted of the crimes of murder, armed uprising against the sovereignty and security of the State, criminal organization, terrorism, very serious injuries, cover-up, and false testimony, and alleged the Forced Disappearance of persons." 56 50. On May 15, 2006, the sisters Olga and Verónica Flores Bedregal submitted a brief to the Ministers of Government, Justice, and National Defense, in which they requested, among others: (a) to accompany the proceedings being conducted by the Public Prosecutor against those involved in the ordinary criminal proceedings, because the hearings were continuously suspended due to the absence of the defendants and the prosecutor, without the judge taking steps to resolve the situation, and (b) that the Minister of Defense request information on what happened to all the military personnel involved and the necessary files to clarify the facts. 57 51. On August 22, 2006, the lawyer representing the Flores Bedregal family submitted a request to Second Circuit Criminal Court on criminal matters (hereinafter also "Second Criminal Court") to order the Ministry of Defense "to declassify and remove from the archives the documents of the Armed Forces files corresponding to the year 1980, referring to the case of the coup d'état of July 17, 1980," in order to clarify the whereabouts of Mr. Flores 53 In the extension of the investigation order of May 20, 1999, Faustino Rico Toro Herbas is accused of armed uprising, criminal organization and cover-up, and Willy Arriaza Monje is accused of cover-up, criminal organization, and false testimony. Furthermore, in the Extension of the Investigation Order of June 9, 1999, Antonio Arnez, Adolfo Ustares Ferreira, Antonio Gutiérrez Estrada, Carlos Rodrigo Lea Plaza, Gregorio Loza Balza, Javier Hinojosa Valdez, and Daniel Dammy Cuentas Valenzuela are accused of armed uprising, terrorism, cover-up, and criminal organization. Cf. Orders extending the investigation issued by the Third Magistrate's Court of Investigation on criminal matters against Franz Pizarro Solano et al. for the crime of murder et al., dated May 20, 1999 No. 14/98 and June 9, 1999 No. 190/99 (case file evidence, p. 7479-7482). 54 Cfr. Brief of appearance presented by Verónica and Lilian Teresa Flores Bedregal on March 30, 2000 (case file evidence, p. 7612 and 7613). 55 In this order, the initial order against Faustino Rico Toro Herbas, Willy Arriaza Monje, Adolfo Ustarez Ferreira, José Gregorio Loza Balza, and Javier Hinojosa Valdez was extended, and a provisional stay of proceedings was issued in favor of Antonio Arnez, Manuel Antonio Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Carlos Rodrigo Lea Plaza and Daniel Dammy Cuentas Valenzuela, because there was no evidence to presume their participation in the facts of this case. Cf. Order No. 158/2001. Final investigation order issued by the Third Magistrate's Court on criminal matters in and for La Paz against Franz Pizarro et al. for the crimes of murder et al., of April 18, 2001 (case file evidence, p. 278-297). 56 The criminal complaint and their establishment as a civil party were considered formalized on September 13, 2002, while the criminal complaint is dated September 11, 2002. In said brief, it was pointed out that "they had the cynicism to indicate that Deputy FLORES was machine-gunned [...] The whereabouts of his body are currently unknown, and his sisters have nowhere to go and pray the Lord's Prayer to him, or leave him flowers [... his] only male brother, it must be taken into account that Forced Disappearance [...] is a crime against humanity and is not subject to the statute of limiations, according to [a...] its last part of the (new) Code of Criminal Procedure takes into account International Conventions and Treaties fully in force [...]." Cf. Complaint filling brief presented by the attorney Eulogia Pantoja Vacaflor on behalf of the Flores Bedregal sisters before the Sixth Criminal Party Court, of September 11, 2022 (case file evidence, p. 7466-7473), Provided on September 13, 2002 (case file evidence, p. 7474), and Order No. 129/2007 of the Second Circuit Criminal Court, of December 12, 2007, supra. 57 Cfr. Brief of the relatives of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal of May 12, 2006 (case file evidence, p. 316 and 317). 16