15 42(35) on August 10, 1994 the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to expand the exhumation procedure to common grave No. 22. On August 12, 1994 the Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the Trial Court Judge of Baja Verapaz to expand said procedure. The Judge decided that, since it was a new fact, the procedure should be conducted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in view of the entry into force of a new criminal procedures code. On August 25 and September 30, 1994, the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to authorize the exhumation of the bodies found in common grave No. 22. On July 28, 1995 and February 27, 1996 the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office once again requested said expansion. Finally, on May 3, 1996, the Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the Trial Court Judge to order exhumation of common grave No. 22 and to appoint the forensic anthropology experts. On May 6, 1996 that Judge ordered the new procedure to begin, under No. 344/95; 42(36) on August 14, 1996 the EAFG began its investigation of common grave No. 22 of the clandestine cemetery at the village of Plan de Sánchez. The archaeological phase was completed on August 16, 1996, and 4 skeletons were exhumed. On December 22, 1997 the EAFG submitted the forensic anthropology report to the District Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Salamá, Baja Verapaz; 42(37) on September 2, 1996 the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office issued a Resolution regarding the massacres at Plan de Sánchez, Chichupac and Río Negro, all of them in Rabinal, Baja Verapaz. Said Resolution established the responsibility of the agents of the State, including the PAC, the military commissioners, the members of the army and high-ranking officers, for not having protected the local population and for trying to cover up the crimes to ensure impunity of the direct perpetrators and masterminds. The Resolution of the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office concluded that these massacres were carried out as part of a premeditated State policy; 42(38) on February 13, 1997, Salvador Jerónimo Sánchez, Buenaventura Manuel Jerónimo, Adrián Cajbon Jerónimo, Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo, Pedro Grave Cajbon, and Juan Manuel Jerónimo, asked the Criminal Trial Court Judge of Baja Verapaz to admit them as ancillary complainants in proceedings No. 391/93 and 344/95. They also asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to establish, through the National Defense Ministry, the names of the members of the military patrol that carried out the massacre in the village of Plan de Sánchez, the hierarchical structure of the army at the time, the identity of the officers who headed it, and their responsibilities. On the other hand, they asked that the expert ballistic analysis be conducted on the material found at the clandestine cemetery, that the statements of the witnesses be taken, and that the forensic anthropology reports on the 22 mass graves exhumed at Plan de Sánchez be assessed. On February 25, 1997, the Criminal Trial Court Judge of Baja Verapaz admitted the petitioners as ancillary complainants; 42(39) on June 4 and July 24, 1997 and on January 29, 1998 the complainants asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to conduct the expert report of the ballistic material. On August 28, 1997 the Trial Court Judge of Cobán, where criminal investigation No. 1618/97 had been transferred, ordered the Prosecutor’s Office to conduct the expert ballistic analysis. Given the possibility of the ballistic material being lost, on November 24, 1997 the complainants asked the Criminal Trial Court Judge of Cobán for information on the place where said material was kept and the official in charge. On November 25, 1997 said Judge requested information from the Trial Court Judge of Salamá on the location of the ballistic material. On January 26, 1998 the