xxiii. On August 23 and September 14, 2007, Sonia López Juárez is summoned again, and does not appear, but there is no record of her being served summons to appear.96 xxiv. On October 9, 2007, an order is issued to send a letter to the Chief of the Group of the State Investigation Agency assigned to the Office of the Attorney General for Indigenous Justice, for him to undertake, through the agents under his command, a thorough investigation of the disappeared person, and he reported that they [the investigators] went to the sector of El Calvario, interviewed Sonia López and Octavio Cruz, but did not obtain any important information about the whereabouts of Antonio González Méndez97. xxv. On October 17, 2007, the decision is made to request closing the pre-trial investigation because “the requirements of Article 16 of the Federal Political Constitution have not been met, even though each and every one of the investigative steps, appearing thus far in the case file of the proceedings of the instant investigation have been taken,” a request that was approved on November 24, 2007.98 40. In the different statements given in this pre-trial investigation proceeding by Sonia López Juárez, she notes that she filed a report with the Municipal Legal Counsel of Sabanilla on January 20, 1999, claiming that her husband had disappeared as of Monday January 18, 1999, at around twelve midnight, when he left his residence located in the cooperative store where he worked, in the company of Juan Regino López Leoporto, who would sell him some “fierros” [literally: ‘pieces of iron’]. 99 On January 23, 1999, she confirmed her statement to the Agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, adding that the suspect came to her residence and was with her husband from approximately 18:30 hours of Monday January 18.100 On February 4, 1999, she added to her statement, among other circumstances, that her husband was a member of the Democratic Revolutionary Party.101 41. The different statements given in the pre-trial investigation proceedings by Juan Regino López Leoporto, indicate that, while being interrogated by the Municipal Legal Counsel of Sabanilla on January 22, 1999, he acknowledged that, on January 18 at 12:00 AM, he went to get Antonio González Méndez, because they had a weapon transaction. They tested the weapon on the river bank, completed the transaction, took leave of each other and then each one went his own way, the missing person heading toward the community of Calvario.102 On January 23, 1999, he testified to the Agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office contending he was innocent and, partly contradicting his previous testimony, claimed that he had arrived in Antonio González’s house at around 6:00 PM on January 18 and that, at around 23:00 hours, they left together for the river bank, where he had hidden the shotgun that he sold him, about two hundred meters away from the house that was located in the cooperative store. After the transaction, the disappeared person allegedly headed through “Catarina” or “Santa Catarina” toward the “Calvario settlement,” because he would drop off the gun there, as he did not have anywhere to hide it in the store.103 On February 4, 1999, before the Agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, he speculated that Antonio González Méndez might have been murdered in the Santa Catarina settlement, to where he headed following the purchase of the shotgun, because he was a Zapatista. He also stated that the missing person had disclosed to him that he had two enemies in his own community “El Calvario.”104 On April 22, 1999, he testified again to the Agent of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, this time saying that he had a tip that the missing person was in the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood, and he additionally stated that he [the defendant] did not belong to the organization Paz y Justicia, but that his family members belonged to the P.R.I.105 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 135-140. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 141-147. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 98 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, page 148. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 99 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, page 2. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 100 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 7th-8th. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 101 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 12th-13. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 102 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, page 4. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 103 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 10th-11th. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 104 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, pages 15th-16. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 105 Annex 01. Case file of Preliminary Investigation AL41/SJI/030/99, page 42. Annex 15. Petitioner’s Submission, January 15, 2008. 96 97 13