situation of risk, it stressed that, at the time of the hearing, no measure of protection was
in place.
b) Implementation of the provisional measures
8.
Following the public hearing, in relation to the implementation of the provisional
measures, the State has advised that:
a) Regarding preliminary investigation PGJM/AMPME/CDJUAREZ/196-II-IV/2010
opened before the Military Attorney General’s Office due to the disappearance of
Nitza Paola, Rocío Irene and Jose Ángel, the investigation conducted by the
military representatives “did not prove the probable responsibility of military
personnel, and it was then decided that the organs of the military jurisdiction did
not have competence to continue the said inquiry”; therefore, the investigation is
now being conducted by the Attorney General’s Office;
b) The investigation opened on March 8, 2010, by the Special Prosecutor for crimes of
violence against women and people-trafficking (FEVIMTRA), which declined
competence in favor of the Chihuahua Delegation of the Attorney General’s Office,
is currently underway for the offense of deprivation of liberty, and is at the stage
of integration. During this inquiry, measures have been taken in relation to three
lines of investigation: (a) probable involvement of the Mexican Army in the facts
denounced; (b) probable participation of organized crime, and (c) tracing the
telephone call presumably made by Nitza Paola after her disappearance. Regarding
the latter, in its report of June 20, 2012, the State indicated that information
provided by the Civic Council for Security and the Search for Justice of the Federal
District had allowed the line of investigation on the said telephone call to be
concluded;
c) On May 9, 2012, the opening of an investigation was ordered with the participation
of the regional representation of the Federal Investigation Agency of Chihuahua,
because the latter’s participation made it easier to conduct probative measures
owing to its proximity to the site of the events;
d) The beneficiaries were provided with the following: mobile telephone equipment
and emergency numbers, psychological, legal, and paramedical assistance, escorts
on the road during travel by the beneficiaries, house patrols, emergency telephone
numbers where personnel from the Federal Police are on call, as well as the
possibility of requesting, and if necessary, coordinating the support of municipal
and state police agents under the General Law on the National Public Safety
System;
e) In order to implement specific and achievable measures that avoid irreparable
damage, more information is required on the domicile of the beneficiaries.
9.
In this regard, the representatives of the beneficiaries indicated, inter alia, that:
a) They asked that all the investigations conducted under the military
jurisdiction be transferred to the ordinary jurisdiction, in compliance with the
relevant international provisions, the Constitution of the United Mexican
States, and the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation of July
12, 2011, on the inappropriateness of the military jurisdiction;
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