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147.
On May 29, 1992 a letter was received with reports from the minefield confirmation and
verification of May 8, 26 and 27, indicating that a team of explosives experts together with the deputy
commander of the third military region of the END and officials of ONUSAL had searched the villages of
Jocote Amarillo, Los Toriles, Ranchería, Cerro Pando and Guacamaya to confirm whether there were any
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minefields, and no explosive devices had been found.
148.
On June 3, 1992 the hill known as El Chingo, near El Mozote, was inspected. On June 9,
1992 the head of the operations unit submitted sketches and a photographic album on that visual
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inspection.
149.
On June 15, 1992 the Second Court issued a decision ordering that, by June 17, the
skeletal remains found in the inspection conducted in El Mozote should be sent to the laboratory of the
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Legal Medicine Institute.
150.
On June 16, 1992 the head of the operations unit sent a photographic album and
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sketches of the visual inspection conducted on La Cruz hill, in El Mozote, on June 10, 1992.
151.
On June 17, 1992 a report was prepared on the exhumation of human skeletons in the
home of Benita Diaz, noting that a human skull was also found along with what appeared to be a lower
jaw, with some teeth. These were collected by experts of the Crime Commission and placed in separate
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plastic bags.
152.
On June 17, 1992 a visual inspection of the village of El Potrero in the canton of La Joya
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was conducted. Human remains were found in what had been the home of Benita Diaz . Domingo
Márquez, José Cristóbal Mejía, Pedro Chicas Romero, Pedro Advíncula Martínez and Sotero Guevara
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were present to provide information on the sites where their relatives were to be found.
153.
On June 19, 1992 the judge of the Second Court issued a decision to again request the
President of the Republic and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces to advise “which commanders,
officers and classes of the armed forces participated in a military operation on December 10-13, 1981 in
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El Mozote (...) and vicinity”.
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Communication from the National Army for Democracy of May 29, 1992. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’
communication of July 7, 2006); and decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the
communication from the State of October 14, 1993).
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Inspection report of June 3, 1992. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’ communication of July 7, 2006); and
decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of October 14,
1993).
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Writ of the Second Court of June 15, 1992. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’ communication of July 7, 2006);
and decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of October 14,
1993).
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Communication from the Head of the Operations Unit of June 16, 1992. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’
communication of July 7, 2006); and decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the
communication from the State of October 14, 1993).
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Decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of
October 14, 1993).
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Visual inspection report of June 17, 1992. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’ communication of July 7, 2006);
and decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of October 14,
1993).
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Ibid.
Writ of the Second Court. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’ communication of July 7, 2006); and decision of the
judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of October 14, 1993).