36 and heads of posts in the area in 1982.227 In January and May 2000, the plaintiffs requested the following of the Criminal Judge of First Instance: i) examine the ballistics material found in the graves;228 and ii) order the Ministry of National Defense to provide the names of, inter alia, the commanding officers in the military zone of the department of Baja Verapaz, and those of the officers in command of the troops that went to the village of Chichupac on January 8, 1982.229 152. On June 21, 2000, the District Attorney’s Office requested that the bullet shells found in the graves be analyzed to determine the caliber of the bullet and whether the weapon that fired the bullet “was or is an issue weapon for Guatemalan Army.”230 On July 4, 2000, the Technical Scientific Department of the Public Prosecution Service reported that the weapons allegedly used “included pistols, revolvers and 22-caliber rifles”, irrespective of their brands or countries of manufacture.”231 153. On August 9, 2005, Miguel Sic Osorio, Fabiana Chen Galiego and Teresa Cacaj Cahuec petitioned the Baja Verapaz Criminal Judge of First Instance for Drug-related Activity and Crimes against the Environment to allow them to replace their attorney “to better serve (their) interests.”232 That request was denied the following day on the grounds that the three individuals “are not named as associated plaintiffs.”233 154. The petition was filed again on September 14, 2005.234 On September 20, 2005, the Court of First Instance agreed to hear the plaintiffs’ request.235 155. The Commission has no information of any further progress made in this process. 2.3.2. Concerning eleven extrajudicial executions and one forced disappearance – Joined in Case No. 255-93 227 Annex 9. Brief to the Office of the District Attorney of the Salamá Public Prosecution Service, Baja Verapaz, dated June 11, 1999. Judicial case No. 255-93, pp. 182-183. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 228 Annex 7. Memorandum from attorney Edgar Pérez, dated January 19, 2000. Certification of Case File No. 0012005-95839, pp. 137-138. Annex 1 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 229 Annex 7. Memorandum from attorney Edgar Pérez, dated May 12, 2000. Certification of Case File No. 001-200595839, pp. 139-141. Annex 1 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 230 Annex 9. Memorandum from Deputy District Attorney Juan Pérez, dated June 21, 2000. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 214. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 231 Annex 7. Investigative Report Ref. BAL-00-0404-mxx from the Technical Scientific Department of the Public Prosecution Service, dated July 4, 2000. Certification of Case File No. 001-2005-95839, pp. 223-224. Annex 1 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 232 Annex 9. Brief dated August 9, 2005. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 63. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 233 Annex 9. Order of the Baja Verapaz Criminal Court of First Instance for Drug-related Activity and Crimes against the Environment, dated August 10, 2005. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 64. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 234 Annex 9. Brief dated September 14, 2005. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 339. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007. 235 Annex 9. Order of the Baja Verapaz Criminal Court of First Instance for Drug-related Activity and Crimes against the Environment, dated September 20, 2005. Judicial case No. 255-93, p. 340. Annex 2 of the petitioners’ communication of December 13, 2007.