5. Chihuahua Delegation of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic 138. Jurisdiction for AP/PGR/FEVIMTRA/TRA/009/2010 having been declined, preliminary inquiry No. AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/3634/2011 was opened on November 19, 2011, for the crime of deprivation of liberty.162 139. On November 5, 2011, a Public Ministry officer of the PGR filed for joinder of preliminary inquiry AP/PGR/CIHH/JUA/2503/2011-V-A163 and preliminary inquiry AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/3634/2011164. 140. In the framework of AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/3634/2011, on March 3, 2012, the Public Ministry officer received the results of the forensic genetics evaluation carried out to compare the genetic date of the next of kin of the three missing persons with those of unidentified bodies in the State of Chihuahua.165 141. In addition, in processing AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/3634/2011, the Public Ministry officer visited Ejido Benito Juárez, where he was able to get additional information from the victims’ next of kin and from people living in the vicinity of where the events had transpired.166 142. On October 31, 2012, the Deputy Attorney General's Office for Regional Monitoring, Criminal Proceedings, and Constitutional Appeals requested the joinder of preliminary inquiry AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/3634/2011 and AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/467/2012-XI-A,167 the latter of which had been opened on February 13, 2012, in connection with the crimes of abuse of authority and forced disappearance.168 That request was approved on the same date.169 143. As part of preliminary inquiry 467/2012, several witness statements were received from the next of kin of the alleged victims170 as well as from army personnel,171 along with reports from different entities. Among other things, an Official Letter was received from the Commander of the 5th Military Zone, which stated that there were no records of people detained in military installations since those records were turned over immediately to the corresponding authority.172 Furthermore, the Chihuahua Delegation of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic met at the site where the events occurred and questioned Patricia 162 Annex XX. State’s brief submitted as part of the admissibility proceedings before the IACHR, April 16, 2013; Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Agreement on the opening of preliminary inquiry AP/PGR/CHIH/JUA/3634/2011, November 16, 2011, page 230 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 163 Said preliminary inquiry had been opened on August 11, 2011, pursuant to a complaint from María de Jesús Alvarado Espinoza. Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Opening of AP/PGR/CIHH/JUA/2503/2011-V-A, August 11, 2011, page 280 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 164 Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Submission of preliminary inquiry AP/PGR/CIHH/JUA/2503/2011-V-A, December 5, 2011, page 241 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 165 Annex XX. State’s brief submitted as part of the admissibility proceedings before the IACHR, April 16, 2013; Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Report of the Department of Forensic Genetics of the PGR, February 9, 2012, page 365 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 166 Annex XX. State’s brief submitted as part of the admissibility proceedings before the IACHR, April 16, 2013. 167 Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Joinder request, October 31, 2012, page 445 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 168 Annex XX. State’s brief submitted as part of the admissibility proceeedings before the IACHR, January 29, 2013. 169 Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Approval of the joinder request, October 31, 2012, page 447 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 170 Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Witness statements, pages 494-520 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 171 Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Witness statements, page 592 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014). 172 Annex I. Case file. Volume XXI. Decision on lack of competence due to specialization, June 30, 2013, page 650 of the pdf. (Annex to the petitioners’ observations on the merits received on November 3, 2014).