xiv. On November 6, 2001, a new Agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office begins to conduct the investigation and instructs the Police Commander of Ocosingo, Chiapas, to take over the investigation and search for the disappeared individual.87 xv. On November 12, 2001, and based on a telephone call, the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Indigenous Justice of Yajalón, Chiapas, sent a report to the Assistant Director of Pretrial Investigations of the Office of the Attorney General for Indigenous Justice of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, summarizing the progress of the investigations and noting, among other things, that in a letter of November 11, 2001, it was requested to summon the wife of the disappeared person to show a photograph of him.88 xvi. On December 20, 2001 and August 21, 2002, the summons of Sonia López Juárez was resent, and she appeared on January 26, with two color photographs, which were enlarged and sent on February 6 and April 27, 2002 for dissemination thereof by the Office of the Attorney General of the State.89 xvii. On February 23, 2005, the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Chiapas sent a report to the General Directorate of Human Rights Protection of the Office of the Attorney General of the State, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, summarizing the status of the investigation and noting that it has been unable to obtain information and that the investigation is continuing.90 xviii. On October 24, 2006, a record is made of a new agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office taking charge of the investigation and that the General Directorate for Human Rights and Democracy of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs had requested a report on the latest investigative steps taken in the case.91 xix. On October 31, 2006, the requested report is issued describing the investigative steps taken and noting that evidence was lacking to support a charge of any unlawful act against defendant Juan Regino López Leoporto “since there is no direct accusation against him that he has been the person who deprived him of his liberty or has deprived him of his life; consequently thus far the necessary investigative steps have been exhausted and it is in order to issue the appropriate decision.”92 xx. On November 28, 2006, Sonia López Juárez is summoned again, but attempts to locate her were unsuccessful.93 xxi. On July 11, 2007, a record is made that a new agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office took over the investigation, and submitted a report the next day to the Assistant Director of Pretrial Investigations of the Office of the Attorney General for Indigenous Justice, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, without providing anything new.94 xxii. On July 16, 2007, the Attorney of the Office of the Public Prosecutor in charge of Processing Table Number Three Yajalón, attested to several irregularities in the proceedings, drawing the conclusion that “the letters that were ordered to be sent out according to the decisions appearing as attachments to the case file of the instant investigation, may have not been written and sent or may have been misplaced, since neither the originals or carbon copies thereof appear where the record appears that they were sent, we also do not know the fate of the documents and letters that according to the decisions appearing in the case file were received by the then Agents of the Public Prosecutor’s Office respectively, who at one time, were in charge of completing this investigation.”95 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, page 99th. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 101-105. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 89 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 105-112. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 90 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 113-114. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 91 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 115-117. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 92 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 119-120. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 93 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 121-124. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 94 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 125-130. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 95 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 131-134. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 87 88 12