36 F. Exhumations subsequent to the Second Court’s decision of September 27, 1993 1. The exhumations conducted in 2000 189. Between April and June 2000 there was further excavation, exhumation and laboratory analysis with respect to the canton of La Joya and the village of Jocote Amarillo. The work involved six 202 sites in La Joya and four in Jocote Amarillo . It was directed by three members of the EAAF, with the cooperation of the Legal Medicine Institutes of Santa Tecla, San Salvador and San Miguel and of Doctor 203 Clyde C. Snow, the American forensic anthropologist . The judge of the Court of Second Instance of San Francisco Gotera, Manuel Paz Canales and legal staff of that entity also collaborated in the 204 investigations. 190. At site 5 in La Joya eight anatomically articulated human skeletons were found. In seven of the bodies there were bullet fragments encrusted in the clothing. Many of the garments revealed holes compatible with the passage of a bullet. Together with the bones were found personal effects such as 205 206 toys and shawls . At site 2B nine articulated individuals were found . As well, concentrations of bones or body parts of a tenth individual were found among the remains exhumed. 25 pieces of ballistic 207 evidence were also located . At site 16, at least nine individuals were found, two adults and seven 208 children. As to ballistic evidence, only one bullet casing fragment was retrieved . At site 17 at least two individuals were found. The upper member of skeleton 1 surrounded the remains of skeleton 2. Seven 209 210 bullet fragments were found . At site 4, an incomplete skeleton was found . 211 191. In the village of Jocote Amarillo, at site 1 two juvenile skeletons were found ; at site 3, 212 five human skeletons were found, four juveniles and one adult. There was also ballistic evidence . At site 4 small bone fragments were found, but their characteristics did not allow any positive 213 identification . 192.   The conclusions from the exhumations of 2000 may be summarized as follows: A total of 37 individuals were retrieved, 14 of them adults and 23 children under the age of 14. The remains were found without any soft tissue. There may have been other peri-mortem lesions affecting soft tissue that could not be recorded. In most cases, the bullet wounds found were 214 sufficient in number and placement to have caused death . A total of 96 pieces of ballistic evidence and other personal effects such as clothing and toys 215 were retrieved . 202 Report of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team on exhumation works conducted in 2000 (Annex E to the petitioners’ communication of November 11, 2002). 203 Ibid. 204 Ibid. 205 Ibid. 206 Ibid. 207 Ibid. 208 Ibid. 209 Ibid, 210 Ibid. 211 Ibid. 212 Ibid. 213 Ibid. 214 Ibid. 215 Ibid.