-3- 8. On June 9, 1993, and on January 18, 1994, the Commission tried, unsuccessfully, to communicate in writing with the complainant and told her that “if it did not receive the required information [...], the Commission could suspend consideration of the case.” 9. On May 5, 1997, the Comisión Colombiana de Juristas [Colombian Jurists Commission] and the Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos [Association of Next of Kin of the Detained/Disappeared] (hereinafter “the petitioners”) presented a petition before the Inter-American Commission concerning the same facts, and a new proceeding was started as case No. 11,748. 10. On May 20, 1997, the State communicated with the Commission to inform it that case No. 11,748 “had already been reported and [was] being processed before [this] instance as case No. 10,566”; it therefore requested the Commission to adopt “pertinent measures in order to combine and process the case under one case file.” 11. On May 28, 1997, the Commission informed both parties that the material facts in case files Nos. 10,566 and 11,748 would be joindered and processed under case file No. 11,748. 12. On March 3, 1998, the Commission made itself available to the parties to try and reach a friendly settlement. 13. On October 9, 2002, during its 116th regular session, the Commission adopted Admissibility Report No. 41/02, in which it declared the case admissible. On October 29, 2002, the Commission made itself available to the parties to help them seek a friendly settlement. 14. On October 8, 2003, during its 118th regular session, the Commission adopted Report No. 44/03, in which it recommended that the State should: 1. Conduct a complete, effective and impartial investigation in the ordinary jurisdiction, in order to prosecute and punish all those responsible for the forced disappearance and extrajudicial execution of the Pueblo Bello victims. 2. Adopt the necessary measures to find and identify the remains of the victims whose whereabouts have not yet been established and return these to the next of kin. 3. Make reparation to the next of kin of the victims for the pecuniary and nonpecuniary damage suffered owing to the violations of the American Convention established herein. 4. Adopt the necessary measures to combat and dismantle the paramilitary groups in accordance with the recommendations adopted by ICHR in its general reports, and by the international community. 5. Adopt the necessary measures to avoid the recurrence of similar events in future, in accordance with the obligation to protect and guarantee the fundamental rights embodied in the American Convention, and also the necessary measures to comply fully with the rules of law developed by the Colombian Constitutional Court and by this Commission in the investigation and prosecution of similar cases by the ordinary criminal justice system. 15. On December 23, 2003, the Commission forwarded Report on Merits No. 44/03 to the State, granting it two months from the date of transmittal to provide