A/HRC/16/48 29 January and 2 February 1976. The seventh case concerned Mr. Doroteo Santiago Ramírez, who was allegedly abducted in the city of Morelia, Michoacán on 16 July 1974. The eighth case concerned Mr. Rafael Chávez Rosas, who was allegedly arrested in Morelia, Michoacán on 16 July 1974. The ninth case concerned Mr. David Jimenez Sarmiento, who was allegedly arrested in the Municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico State, on 7 May 1975. Reportedly, most of these arrests were carried out by military and police agents. The tenth case concerned Mr. Gustavo Castañeda Puentes, who was allegedly arrested by police officers of the Monterrey Police at the Obispado Sector of Monterrey, Nuevo León, on 25 February 2009. Information from the Government 305. On 16 October 2009, the Government transmitted one communication concerning three outstanding cases. The information provided was considered insufficient to clarify them. Information from sources 306. Sources provided information on nine outstanding cases. Prompt intervention 307. On 2 February 2010, the Working Group, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, sent a prompt intervention letter to the Government regarding Ms. Cipriana Jurado Herrera, a human rights defender working on, inter alia, enforced disappearances, who allegedly received threats and suffered acts of intimidation and harassment because of her human rights-related activities. Request for a visit 308. On 23 April 2010, the Working Group requested an invitation to undertake a mission to the country. On 9 June 2010, the Government invited the Working Group to undertake a mission to, and hold its ninety-third session in, Mexico in March 2011. On 5 October 2010, the Working Group suggested the session be held from 15 to 18 March 2011 and the mission from 22 March to 1 April 2011. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 309. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 412 cases to the Government; of those, 24 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 134 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 16 cases have been discontinued and 238 remain outstanding. Observations 310. The Working Group again expresses concern that during the period under review ten urgent actions, some concerning women, were sent to the Government. 311. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It calls upon the Government to accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. 74

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