habeas corpus petition in favor of Ms. Gutiérrez and requested courts and prisons to advise if she was being held.57 Information was received indicating that there was no record that Ms. Gutiérrez had been arrested.58 56. Press articles published between May 3 and 11, 2000, reported that the prosecutor from the Public Prosecution Service in charge of the investigation had said that "it [was] a strange case as the family ha[d] not been asked for a ransom.”59 It was also reported that a detective had stated that one hypothesis was that "the disappearance [had] to do with a study being conducted by [Ms. Gutiérrez] ... on illegal child adoptions but there [was] no solid evidence from which to conjecture.” The Director of the National Civil Police, Baudilio Portillo, stated, “[t]he latest information we have is that she was seen in Huehuetenango on April 7 with her boyfriend,” and that “she may have traveled to Mexico with her fiancé.”60 In addition, the then-Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Ruiz Wong, said that, according to a confidential report from a member of the Army infiltrated in the FAR, Ms. Gutiérrez had been abducted by the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit and other leftist organizations.61 He also said that it could be a case of a crime of passion.62 57. On May 15, 2000, the Guatemalan Congress passed resolution 17-2000 by a majority vote, requesting the competent authorities to investigate and clarify Ms. Gutiérrez's disappearance.63 According to a newspaper article, then-Minister Guillermo Ruiz Wong said that Ms. Gutiérrez had "left the country for personal reasons."64 58. That same day, the prosecutor from the Public Prosecution Service, Marta López, informed police investigators that, according to an ex-guerrilla informant who lived in Mexico, Ms. Gutiérrez was “being kept hidden at a former guerrilla safe house on Santiago Atitlán volcano, under the guard of three indigenous women and two Ladina women, who were well armed.”65 On May 16, 2000, an operation was carried out in that area to locate said building, without success.66 The record also shows that, according to a tipoff from an anonymous telephone caller, Ms. Gutiérrez was being held by armed men at kilometer marker 69 on the Atlantic road.67 On May 19, 2000, investigators staged an incursion in that area, which proved fruitless.68 59. In a communication sent on May 16, 2000, to the then-Constitutional President of the Republic, Alfonso Portillo, authorities and faculty at the Psychology School of San Carlos University requested him “to make an announcement and report as a matter of urgency ... on the disappearance ... of ... Mayra Angelina Gutiérrez.”69 They expressed concern at the lack of progress in the investigation to determine the 57 Annex 1. Judicial record, p. 118. Enclosed with the State's communication of November 23, 2014. 58 Annex 1. Judicial record, pp. 123-334. Enclosed with the State's communication of November 23, 2014. Annex 17. Newspaper article “Buscan a docente de la Usac,” published in Diario Siglo XXI, May 3, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 59 60 Annex 18. Newspaper article “En otro país,” published in Prensa Libre, May 10, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 61 Annex 19. Newspaper article “Ministro implica a ex guerrilla,” published in El Periódico, May 11, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 62 Annex 19. Newspaper article “Ministro implica a ex guerrilla,” published in El Periódico, May 11, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 63 Annex 20. Newspaper article “Piden aclarar caso Gutiérrez,” published in Prensa Libre, May 16, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 64 Annex 20. Newspaper article “Piden aclarar caso Gutiérrez,” published in Prensa Libre, May 16, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 65 Annex 1. Judicial record, pp. 684-685, Volume 2, Enclosed with the State's communication of November 23, 2014. 66 Annex 1. Judicial record, pp. 684-685, Volume 2, Enclosed with the State's communication of November 23, 2014. 67 Annex 1. Judicial record, pp. 684-685, Volume 2, Enclosed with the State's communication of November 23, 2014. 68 Annex 1. Judicial record, pp. 684-685, Volume 2, Enclosed with the State's communication of November 23, 2014. Annex 21. Open letter from the Psychology School of San Carlos University to Alfonso Portillo, Constitutional President of the Republic, May 16, 2000. Enclosed with the petitioners' brief received by the IACHR on October 30, 2000. 69 11