37     Approximately 50 relatives of the victims had previously been interviewed to collect premortem information, which was subsequently compared in the laboratory with information taken from the 216 skeletons, in an attempt to identify them . The remains could be positively identified in the case of 14 individuals; 22 individuals were 217 tentatively identified, and two were deemed possibly identified . It proved very difficult to identify the children found in the common graves. Because they were children, they generally had no significant dental traits. Nor were any birth certificates or other documentation available to certify their ages. Most of those documents were burned during the war in a fire in the town hall of Meanguera. Consequently, the ages are approximate, and their 218 sex could not be positively identified . These problems could eventually be resolved with the extraction of genetic material from the bones and from the presumed relatives. Currently, however, such tests are not conducted in the country and because of the great number of relatives of the victims who are also related to each 219 other, genetic analysis would be very complicated . 193. On April 11, 12, 13, 26 and 28, 2000, new excavations by the EAAF were announced in the canton of La Joya. The press notices indicated that between 30 and 50 remains might be found there, and that three of the 19 potential sites would be excavated. EAAF participation was said to have been requested by the Tutela Legal. The press notice mentioned that the exhumations could provide evidence for future prosecution of officers. It also indicated that, while the main purpose of the exhumation was to recover remains for the victims’ relatives, the Tutela Legal saw it as “a chance to retrieve evidence for 220 future legal proceedings” . 2. The exhumations conducted in 2001 194. Between September and December 2001 excavations were performed in three areas: the first in the village of El Mozote, the second in the village of Los Toriles, and the third in the canton of La Joya. The work was directed by three members of the EAAF and on some days a member of the Forensic 221 Anthropology Team in Zimbabwe was involved 195. In El Mozote, exhumation work was concentrated on one of the sites indicated as a place 222 where women were killed . The skeletal remains were in very poor condition, and only fragments of bones and ashes could be retrieved. It was not possible to find articulated or semi-articulated 223 skeletons . At least 31 concentrations of skull bone fragments were found, but this did not necessarily 224 represent the number of individuals. 95 pieces of ballistic evidence were retrieved . Among the factors responsible for deterioration of the bone remains were the action of fire, the quantity of projectiles found that produced serious lesions in the bones, and the collapse of the roof and walls of the building onto the 225 226 bodies . The personal effects found at the site suggested that most of the bodies were of women . 216 Ibid. 217 Ibid. 218 Ibid. 219 Ibid. 220 Press notices. La Prensa Gráfica Online. 12 April 2000. New exhumations in El Mozote; COLATINO. 11 April 2000. Further exhumations of massacre victims in El Mozote; COLATINO. 26 April 2000. Our job is to fight against impunity and for human rights: Tutela Legal; La Prensa Gráfica Online. 13 April 2000. Exhumation work begins in the El Mozote massacre case; and COLATINO. 28 April 200. Three skeletons found (All annexed to the petitioners’ communication received 5 April 2000). 221 Report of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team on exhumation works conducted in 2001 (Annex F to the petitioners’ communication of November 11, 2002). 222 Ibid. 223 Ibid, 224 Ibid. 225 Ibid.