73 the Third Court ordering submission of evidence (supra para. 134.56) was not notified to the parties until October 10, 2000; the private accuser and the defendants submitted evidence to the Court on October 18 and 19, 2000;149 134.59. on October 31, 2000, the Fourth Appellate Chamber found the objection filed by the defendants inadmissible and ordered the case file to be returned to the Third Trial Court, for it to continue the respective process;150 134.60. on May 29, 2001, the Third Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crimes Trial Court, deeming that the previous actions had not included Lucrecia Hernández Mack as a “partie civile,” declared “all actions of this Court absolutely null, since the May 12, 1999 ruling, with the exception of the ruling on competence of this Court and the constitutional motion,” and it ordered that the proceeding be returned to the Second Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crimes Court of First Instance;151 134.61. the private accuser152 and the Public Prosecutor’s Office153 filed applications for reconsideration against this May 29, 2001 ruling of the Third Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crimes Trial Court; 134.62. on May 30, 2001, Lucrecia Hernández Mack stated under oath that at the January 27, 1999 hearing –through her attorney- she decided to desist from her civil claim as set forth in Articles 127 and 338 of the Criminal Procedures Code. Therefore, “with this attitude she abandoned her right to compensation for damages as ‘partie civile’ in this case;” furthermore, she stated that “when it issued the order for the trial to commence without ruling on her status as a ‘partie civile,’ the body in charge of controlling the investigation did not violate any of her individual or procedural rights;”154 134.63. on July 5, 2001, the Third Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crimes Trial Court admitted the applications for reconsideration filed (supra para. 134.61); it annulled the May 29, 2001 ruling; and it ordered “continuation of the 149 Cf. application by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of June 19, 2001 (dossier on the merits and possible reparations, volume I, leaf 46); and submission of evidence to the Third Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crimes Trial Court on October 18 and 19, 2000 (file with annexes to the brief answering the application and raising preliminary objections, leaves 7106 to 7113, 7118 to 7124, 7127 to 7151). 150 Cf. Order of the Fourth Chamber of Appeals of October 31, 2000 (file with annexes to the brief answering the application and raising preliminary objections, leaves 8018 to 8023). 151 Cf. ruling of the Third Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crimes Trial Court on May 29, 2001 (file with annexes to the application, annex 41, leaves 779 to 783 and file with annexes to the brief answering the application and raising preliminary objections, leaves 7612 to 7616). 152 Cf. application for reconsideration dated June 4, 2001 (file with annexes to the brief answering the application and raising preliminary objections, leaves 7631 to 7649). 153 Cf. application for reconsideration dated June 1, 2001 (file with annexes to the brief answering the application and raising preliminary objections, leaves 7654 to 7661). 154 Cf. statement by Lucrecia Henández Mack on May 30, 2001 (file with annexes to the brief answering the application and raising preliminary objections, leaves 7650 to 7653).