180.
On the same date, the Sixth District Court admitted the complaint and ordered the
provisional suspension of the acts in question and an end to the complainants’ being held incommunicado,231
along with measures to ensure that those directly affected approve the amparo petition.
181.
On January 7, 2010, that court issued an order for the respondent to produce the victims or
to provide information on their whereabouts, since it was not possible to notify the petitioners as they were
not located in the different units. That order required the respondent to produce the correct names of the
authorities responsible, with a warning that if that information were not provided those authorities would be
deemed to be inexistent.232
182.
On May 17, 2011, it was decided that the petition was inadmissible as it had not been ratified
by those directly concerned and it was deemed as not filed.233 Finally, on June 6, 2011, that decision became
final and the court decided to dismiss the amparo petition owing to the absence of documentary relevance.234.
E.
About harassment, threats, and impact on the next of kin following the disappearance
of Nitza Paola Alvarado Espinoza, Rocío Irene Alvarado Reyes, and José Ángel
Alvarado Herrera
183.
According to the case file, the petitioners have reported that on at least two occasions army
personnel went to the homes of family members of the three people who disappeared in order to intimidate
them, with army vehicles also keeping them under surveillance by patrolling around their homes.235
184.
In the framework of the provisional measures, the attorneys reported, and the State has not
contested, that on January 24, 2011, PGR personnel from the Ciudad Juárez office and uniformed, armed
federal police officers went to the home of José Ángel Alvarado Favela, José Ángel Alvarado Herrera’s father,
to try to get him to accompany them, alleging that he had filed for amparo to locate his son José Ángel
Alvarado Herrera and his niece Nitza Paola Alvarado Espinoza and that he “should therefore go to that office
to report on the whereabouts of his family members.”236
185.
Consequently, on January 28, 2011, José Ángel Alvarado Herrera’s father, accompanied by
his attorneys Luz Estela Castro and Gabino Gómez, decided to go to the PGR office. According to information
provided by the petitioners, “upon their arrival in the reception area, Guillermina García told them that she
231 Annex XX. Petitioners’ brief submitted as part of the MP 10-10 proceedings before the I/A Court H.R., May 5, 2011. Annex –
Provisional Suspension, Sixth District Court of the State of Chihuahua.
232 Sixth District Court. Amparo File 009/2010. Single National File. 8367894. Principal Decree of January 7, 2010.
http://sise.cjf.gob.mx/SiseInternet/Reportes/VerCaptura.aspx?TipoAsunto=1&Expediente=009%2f2010&Buscar=Buscar&Circuito=17
&CircuitoName=Decimos%ufffdptimo+Circuito&Organismo=334&OrgName=Juzgado+Sexto+de+Distrito+en+el+Estado+de+Chihuahua
&TipoOrganismo=2&Accion=1. Publicly available information.
233 Sixth District Court. Amparo File 009/2010. Single National File. 8367894. Principal Decree of January 7, 2010.
http://sise.cjf.gob.mx/SiseInternet/Reportes/VerCaptura.aspx?TipoAsunto=1&Expediente=009%2f2010&Buscar=Buscar&Circuito=17
&CircuitoName=Decimos%ufffdptimo+Circuito&Organismo=334&OrgName=Juzgado+Sexto+de+Distrito+en+el+Estado+de+Chihuahua
&TipoOrganismo=2&Accion=1. Publicly available information.
234 Sixth District Court. Amparo File 009/2010. Single National File. 8367894. Principal Decree of June 3, 2010.
http://sise.cjf.gob.mx/SiseInternet/Reportes/VerCaptura.aspx?TipoAsunto=1&Expediente=009%2f2010&Buscar=Buscar&Circuito=17
&CircuitoName=Decimos%ufffdptimo+Circuito&Organismo=334&OrgName=Juzgado+Sexto+de+Distrito+en+el+Estado+de+Chihuahua
&TipoOrganismo=2&Accion=1. Incidental Order of February 23, 2010. Publicly available information.
235 Annex I. Case file. Volume XVII. Report on the implementation of precautionary measures, March 10, 2010, page 318 of the
pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014).
236
Annex XX. Petitioners’ brief submitted as part of the MP 10-10 proceedings before the I/A Court H.R., March 30, 2011.