31 I reiterate the report submitted to you on May 18 of this year referring to the criminal case concerning the death of various persons in the month of December 1981 in the canton of El Mozote (...), which report says that “upon reviewing the record of military operations by the Ministry of Defense, no military order was found to conduct military operations during the month of December 168 1981 in that zone (...) nor background of any kind relating to the presumed military operation.” 162. On July 22, 1992 a visual inspection was conducted in the village of Los Toriles in Guacamaya canton. The report indicates that Juan Antonio Pereira Vigil and Maria Pereira 169 participated. 163. On July 28, 1992 the Second Court issued a resolution asking the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, through legal channels, to request and arrange the cooperation of the governments of Argentina, England and the United States in naming a forensic anthropologist or a 170 physical anthropologist. 164. On the same day the Second Court issued a resolution to request the social media of San Salvador to advise the public not to prune or clean up the sites inspected, specifically Cantón el Mozote, cerro El Chingo, cerro La Cruz, Cantón La Joya, Caserío Ranchería, Caserío Toriles, Cantón 171 Jocote Jocote Amarillo, Cerro Pando, all in the jurisdiction of Meanguera, Department of Morazán. 165. On the same day photographs and sketches from the visual inspection of various locales 172 in the village of Los Toriles were submitted. 166. On July 29, 1992 a visual inspection was conducted in the village of Jocote Amarillo, with the participation of Remigio Marquez, Juan Bautista Marquez and Domingo Vigil Amaya. On August 11, 173 1992 the sketches and photographs from that inspection were received . Pando 167. On August 12, 1992 a visual inspection of the village of El Barrial in the canton of Cerro was conducted, with the participation of the witnesses Visitacion Argueta and Lilia Chicas. 174 168. On September 9, 1992 the Second Court decided that, as the Truth Commission was now established, the first exhumation should take place on October 13, 1992 at El Mozote, notwithstanding the petition pending before the Supreme Court of Justice relating to the cooperation of Argentina, England and the United States. On September 16, 1992 notice was sent to various State agencies, embassies, ONUSAL and the Truth Commission advising them of the beginning of the 175 exhumations. 169. On September 29, 1992 the Truth Commission wrote to the president of the Supreme Court of Justice indicating the importance of conducting the exhumations with the proper scientific rigor. This, it said, would require the presence of a US forensic anthropologist, three professionals from the 168 Ibid. 169 Visual inspection report of July 22, 1992. Court record (Annex 2 to the petitioners’ communication of July 7, 2006). 170 Writ of the Second Court of July 28, 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). 171 Decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of October 14, 1993). 172 Ibid. 173 Visual inspection report of July 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).. 174 Decision of the judge of the Second Court of September 27, 1993 (attached to the communication from the State of October 14, 1993). 175 Ibid.