44 set forth in the law, to correct any irregularities that they deem [are] shown in the aforementioned files;”66 26. on August 28, 1998, the Second Court of First Instance of Intibucá asked the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua for the testimony of 12 witnesses.67 On September 1, 1998, the representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office appeared.68 On September 18, 1998, the Justice of the Peace forwarded the testimony requested, save that of Ángel Belisario Hernández González and other persons; 69 27. on September 29, 1998, the Second Court of First Instance asked the Director of the Oversight Board of the National Police and the General Commander of the Armed Forces to bring Ángel Belisario Hernández González before that court for him to make a preliminary examination statement. On October 28, 1998 the Judge Advocate General of the armed forces reported that they “d[id] not have any officer with the name stated in your official letter dated September 29, 1998.” That same day, the Court provided the complete name to the Judge Advocate’s office;70 66 Official Letter No.3045-SCSJ-97, Order of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Honduras of September 1, 1997 addressed to the Second Departmental Court of First Instance, La Esperanza, Department of Intibucá in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 694. 67 Writ requesting witnesses by the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá to the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua of August 28, 1998, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 696. 68 Appearance of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of September 1, 1998, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 697. 69 Statement by José Ángel Sánchez before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on September 17, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 705; Statement by Juan Bautista Márquez Pineda before the Justice of the Peace in Colomoncagua on September 17, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 706; Statement by Juan Antonio Ramos Márquez before the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua on September 18, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 707; Statement by Victoriano Gómez Amaya before the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua on September 18, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 708; Statement by Joaquina Ramos López before the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua on September 18, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 709 to 710; and Attestation by the Justice of the Peace of Colomoncagua on September 18, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, pp. 710 to 711. 70 Cf. Statement by José Germán Silvestrucci rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 4, 2003; Official Letter No. 587 of the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá of September 29, 1998 addressed to the Director of the Oversight Board and the National Police in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 714; Official Letter No 587 of the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá of September 29, 1998 addressed to the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 715; Report by the Armed Forces stating the lack of information on José Belisario, of October 16, 1998 in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 718; Official Letter No 661 by the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá of October 28, 1998 addressed to the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 720; and Official Letter No. 390 by the Second Court of First Instance of the Department of Intibucá of June 23, 1999 Addressed to the Minister of Defense, in a file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Juan Sánchez. Fondo. Tomo II,” Annex 1 of the answer to the application, p. 724.