49 61(107) On July 20, 2000, the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice conceded the release on parole of Agustín Belotto Vouga. 61(108) On November 19, 2002, the Second Chamber of the Court of Criminal Appeal “called for the case file to take a decision.” 61(109) On June 22, 2004, the First Chamber of the Court of Criminal Appeal accepted the discontinuance of the remedies of appeal filed on September 1, 1999, by the convicted prisoner, Lucilo Benítez, and by the complainant, Julio Darío Ramírez Villalba. It also declared that the criminal proceedings in relation to the convicted prisoner, Pastor Milciades Coronel, had extinguished “because he was deceased.” Actions taken for the extradition of Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda within the criminal proceedings in the case of the brothers Rodolfo and Benjamín Ramírez Villalba 61(110) On January 22, 1993, at the request of the Fourth Criminal Court of First Instance, the Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent it an authenticated copy of the extradition treaty between Paraguay and Brazil and indicated that the juridical and legal procedures with regard to Alfredo Stroessner in Brazil were being processed within the Ministry of Justice of that country, where the background material was kept in a “confidential file.” It also advised that “the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ha[d] received very little information in this regard, and limited itself to the decision of the Minister of Justice at the time […] granting political asylum to former President Stroessner” as of May 24, 1989. Lastly, it indicated that, according to information provided by the Paraguayan Embassy in Brazil, asylum had been granted for four years, which would expire in 1993. 61(111) On August 4, 1993, the Fourth Criminal Court of First Instance ordered the preventive detention for the purpose of extradition of Alfredo Stroessner, because there was “sufficient evidence of responsibility against the accused, […] since he had been informed in detail of the repressive operations carried out by the police and military forces.” 61(112) On February 16, 2001, the complainant requested that, since it was considered that all the requirements needed to achieve the extradition of Alfredo Stroessner had been met, an official communication should be sent to Brazil with a letter rogatory requesting his extradition. This request was repeated on March 6 and May 29, 2001. The Attorney General’s Office made the same request on March 23, 2001. 61(113) On March 7, 2001, the Third Criminal Tribunal (de Liquidación y Sentencia) asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform it of the legal situation of the accused, Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, as regards his status as a political refugee in Brazil. 61(114) On June 5, 2001, the said Third Criminal Court, under Judge Carlos Escobar, decided to request the extradition of Alfredo Stroessner, as follows: That, having examined the documentation attached to the proceedings and as a result of the investigations, the Court decided to expand the corresponding preliminary proceedings by A.I. No. 67 of January 15, 1993, to verify the facts relating to abduction, illegal deprivation of liberty, abuse of authority, torture and double homicide attributed to ALFREDO STROESSNER MATIAUDA. It also issued provisional and precautionary