39 respect to the undeniable fact of the acts of intimidation they have suffered […], the existence of these intimidating acts and persecution is sustained, since the unease they have suffered as a result of strange individuals monitoring their actions is not normal”. Likewise, in this decision, the Judge indicated that because it was necessary to continue with the trial of José Ismael Ortiz Díaz, and in order to avoid procedural delay, the investigation into the acts of intimidation and persecution would be closed.92 b) Prosecutor’s investigation corresponding to file number No. 4799-UDV2001. 133. On December 12, 2001, the Attorney General, Belisario Amadeo Artiga, sent a memorandum to Coralia Coto, chief receptionist of criminal complaints within the Public Ministry, in which he communicated that “Mr. José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann and Ms. Gloria Giralt [de García Prieto] have been the subject of threats and have been followed by unknown individuals. Thus, by this notice, I instruct you to open a criminal investigation.”93 134. On December 3, 2001, the prosecutor’s office opened file number 4799-UDV2001 in order to investigate the threats and harassment of which José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann and Gloria Giralt de García Prieto had been victim. In this file, several events of this type are described, many of which occurred prior to the initiation of the investigation (supra para. 129).94 92 Cf. Order by the Third Criminal Court of San Salvador of August 15, 2000, criminal proceedings number 110/98 (exhibits to the application, exhibit 2, volume 7, pages 2418 to 2419). 93 Cf. Memorandum number 238 of November 15, 2001 from the Attorney General, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 1, page 5152). 94 With respect to the harassment: chronology of incidents corresponding to José Mauricio García Prieto/1998, daily incident report of Amador Guzmán and chronology of incidents corresponding to José Mauricio García Prieto in 1998, daily incident report of June 11, 1998 by agent Juan Cisneros Girón, in which they indicated that on May 28, 1998, an agent observed a suspicious individual, allegedly armed, on the family’s farm, and that on June 11, 1998 a vehicle was parked with its lights off near the family residence, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001 (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 6, pages 6222 and 6223); Report by agent José Gamaliel Rauda of June 8, 1998, in which he indicated that on June 4, and 5, 1996, shots were heard, and a security guard of the residence stated that a taxi had passed and its occupants had fired into the air, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 5, page 5950); Report by agent José Guillén Montano in which he indicated that on November 6, 1998, José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann went out to walk and several individuals remained in their vehicle for several minutes, with the motor running, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 6, page 6224); Report by agent José Gamaliel Rauda about an incident of April 17, 2001, in which a projectile impacted with the balcony of the García Prieto Giralt family home, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 6, page 6252); Interview with witness José Claribel Medina of January 29, 2002, and interview with witness Daniel Antonio García Orellana of April 16, 2002 in which they indicated that on December 11. 1999 the García Prieto Giralt family was informed that armed men were present on their farms, and that one of them was looking for José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann. They filed a complaint about the event before agent Medina of the National Civil Police under Institutional Numerical Order number 100094, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001 (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 5, page 6129 and volume 9, page 6711, respectively). With respect to the incidents in which the family was followed: report by Benedicto Antonio Lemus of April 10, 1998, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 5, page 6010); Report by agent José Gamaliel Rauda García of May 11, 1998, prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit 16, volume 5, page 5995); Report by agent Juan Antonio Cisneros Girón of May 18, 1998 prosecutor’s file number 4799-UDV-2001, (exhibits to the brief containing pleadings and motions, exhibit