108 themselves, “only one of them […] achieved any results, the rest were filed or declared time-barred.” i) Concerning the events that occurred in La Granja (a) The investigation in this case was “officially opened” on June 17, 1999; namely three years after the facts took place; (b) Today, more than nine years after the massacre, of the 20 people directly involved in its perpetration, neither the masterminds, nor even the one person convicted are in prison and the preventive measures ordered have never been executed; and (d) Only Police Lieutenant José Vicente Castro has been sentenced in first instance on November 14, 2003. However, on July 12, 2004, the Antioquia Superior Court revoked the decision in first instance, declaring the only person who had been prosecuted to be innocent and ordering his immediate release. ii) Concerning the events that occurred in El Aro (a) Despite the decisions taken by the Attorney General’s Office regarding the responsibility of State agents, Colombia has not made any significant progress in the criminal prosecution and punishment of the members of the Police and the National Army based in the zone of El Aro at the time of the facts; (b) Of the 30 perpetrators and the masterminds, only one person investigated in the case is in prison for committing other crimes, since the State has demonstrated an unwillingness to execute the arrest warrants. Also, “no substantial progress has been made in determining the responsibility of the State agents involved”; and (c) With the exception of Francisco Enrique Villalba, who is serving a prison sentence for other crimes, no other person is serving the sentence imposed by the Second Criminal Court of the Antioquia Specialized Circuit on April 22, 2003. The representatives’ arguments 281. In relation to Articles 8(1) and 25 of the American Convention, the representatives endorsed the arguments of the Inter-American Commission in relation to the status of the domestic investigations and stated that: (a) Colombia has not provided the alleged victims and their next of kin with effective remedies that guarantee the right to the truth, justice and reparation for these grave human rights violations; (b) The administrative proceedings have not achieved their purpose. Three complaints were filed against “the Colombian Nation – the National Army”; 11 proceedings are awaiting a ruling, and two have been decided against the interests of the complainants, rejecting the claims made in the complaint based on arguments of a formal nature that are being reviewed in appeal;