58 were issued on November 9, that year.239 These documents include the following information: a) Regarding Esmeralda Herrera Monreal: she was wearing a blouse, torn on the upper right side,240 and a brassiere, both garments raised above her breasts, and also torn white socks. The body was in an incomplete state of conservation, she was lying on her back, with her head pointing east, her legs were bent and facing the opposite direction, while her arms were tied behind her lower back with a black cord twisted twice round each wrist, with two knots on the right wrist and three on the left hand. The cord was circled round her body in the abdominal region. When the rope was removed, bruising could be seen around her wrists. The skin was violaceous to blackish in color. Some flesh had been removed from her skull and neck, and also from the area of the right collar bone, right shoulder, upper third of the right arm and the right breast. Some hair was adhered to the cranium. Absence of the right mammary area. Partial absence of parts of the nipple of the left breast. Both hands revealed the removal of the skin in the form of a glove. The body had been invaded by insects. There was a red stain on the ground under the skull. The report noted that the cause of death could not be established and that the time of death was from 8 to 12 days; b) Regarding Claudia Ivette González: she was wearing a white blouse with shoulder straps and a light-colored brassiere. Her body was in an incomplete state of conservation. She was lying on her right side, with her head pointing east; her right arm was under her thorax and the left arm was halfbent and separated from the body. Her right leg was extended and pointing in the opposite direction to the head and the left leg was bent at the knee. Presence of vegetation corresponding to the place. Skull skinned with little presence of the scalp. Absence of tissue on the neck and throat. The report noted that the cause of death could not be established and that the time of death was from 4 to 5 weeks, and c) Regarding Laura Berenice Ramos Monárrez: she was wearing a white V-neck blouse with straps around her neck, and a black brassiere both raised above the mammary area, and a flat 5 mm-wound was present in the right nipple that sliced off the tip. The state of conservation of the body was incomplete. It was found lying on the back with the skull pointing south, the legs pointing in the other direction and the arms extended above the head. The skin was withered. The skin had been removed from the back of the skull. Scant presence of hair, cut irregularly. When the body was discovered, it was covered by vegetation corresponding to place where it was found. The report noted that the cause of death could not be established and that the time of death was from 4 to 6 weeks.241 239 Cf. autopsy reports of unidentified bodies Nos. 188/2001, 189/2001 and 190/2001 issued by a Forensic Expert of the Technical Office of Expert Services of the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office, on November 9, 2001 (case file of attachments to the application, volume IX, attachments 40, 41 and 42, folios 2696, 2697, 2699, 2700, 2702 and 2703). 240 The affidavit on the place and bodies indicates the following: “striped white, pink and red blouse, torn in the upper right part” (Cf. affidavit on the place and bodies, supra note 238, folio 2662). While the autopsy report refers to a “torn red, white and orange blouse with part of the right side missing” (Cf. autopsy report on unidentified body No. 188/2001, supra note 239, folio 2696). 241 It should be noted that the record of the removal of the body establishes the time of death at 3 to 4 weeks (Cf. record of the removal of an unidentified body No. 190/2001, supra note 234, folio 2681). On the other hand, the autopsy report establishes a time of death of 4 to 6 weeks. (Cf. autopsy report of unidentified body 190/2001, supra note 239, folio 2703).