76 n) To guarantee dismantling the Army’s cooperation with and/or control of the former members of the Civilian Self-Defense Patrols (PAC) or former military agents; o) To declassify information on the Utatlán Plan, which related to the execution. To this end, it was proposed that a law should be adopted on access to information, in order to guarantee access to any document classified as a military or security secret; p) That the President of the Republic should expressly call upon his subordinates to cooperate with the investigation into the facts, and guarantee justice in this case; q) To re-open the criminal investigation by the judiciary, even though res judicata exists concerning the only person accused who was convicted and then acquitted; r) To strengthen support and protection mechanisms for witnesses, defenders and justice agents, and s) To improve the administration of justice. To this end, it suggested: i. The creation of a national institute of forensic science, capable of carrying out scientific tests on criminal evidence and preparing forensic reports in order to clarify criminal acts; ii. The allocation of sufficient financial resources to ensure that this institute has national coverage, with delegations at the departmental level, endowed with all the services necessary to carry out scientific investigations and high-quality autopsies; iii. The creation of a scientific investigation police unit capable of adequately protecting and managing the scene of the crime, collecting and bagging the evidence, and keeping a precise record of the evidence gathered and the conditions in which it is gathered in order to ensure the chain of custody; iv. The creation of a warehouse for monitoring evidence, with adequate registers and controls in order to preserve its integrity and identity, and ensure the chain of custody, and v. The transfer of all the functions relating to the registration and control of weapons to the National Civil Police, which should establish a special unit for this. Arguments of the State 124. The State indicated that: a) Its responsibility was focused on the absence of justice, on the fact that the Attorney General’s office did not conduct a genuine investigation;