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Between August and October 1997, the First Juvenile Trial Court was in charge of the case (supra paras. 102 to
105). Following a request for a recusal by Mrs. Ramírez Escobar, the case file was transferred to the Third Juvenile Trial
Court (supra para. 105). Owing to excuses by the corresponding judges, in March 1998, the case file was transferred to
the First Court and, in April 1998, to the Second Court (supra para. 108). Between June and September 1998, the case
file was transferred to three different courts (from the Second Court to the Fourth Court, from there to First Court of
Mixco, and from there to the Juvenile Trial Court of Escuintla), because the judges excused themselves from hearing the
remedy owing to alleged insults and threats by the legal counsel of the children’s home where the children had been
placed (supra para. 111). Following an excuse by the judge, in July 1999, the file was transferred from the Escuintla
court to the Juvenile Trial Court of Jutiapa (supra para. 121). Finally, in October 2000, the file was assigned to the Trial
Court of Chimaltenango owing to threatening telephone calls received by the judge of the Jutiapa court (supra paras.
125 and 127).
441
442
Cf. Case of Fornerón and daughter v. Argentina, supra, para. 105.
Cf. Case of Valle Jaramillo et al. v. Colombia, supra, para. 155, and Case of Pacheco León et al. v. Honduras.
Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of November 15, 2017. Series C No. 342, para. 120.
443
444
Cf. Case of Fornerón and daughter v. Argentina, supra, para. 76.