II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE IACHR 5. On January 28, 2008, the Inter-American Commission received a petition lodged by AFDD and others on behalf of Juan Luis Rivera Matus and his family, which was registered with the number P-102-08. AFDD also presented 13 other petitions on behalf of different alleged victims in which the Supreme Court, as in the case of Juan Luis Rivera Matus, is said to have applied partial statutory limitations. In that connection, in subsequent communications dated March 3, 2008, 2 June 26, 2008, 3 June 10, 2009, 4 June 24, 2009, 5 March 4, 2010, 6 January 20, 2010, 7 February 12, 2010, 8 March 25, 2010, 9 June 1, 2010, 10June 23, 2010, 11 July 20, 2010, 12 and August 16, 2010, 13 the petitioners presented new complaints expanding their petitions and adding new alleged victims. 6. On November 10, 2009, the petitioners requested the joinder of all the aforementioned petitions presented thus far with the petition lodged on January 28, 2008, on behalf of the alleged victim Juan Luis Rivera Matus, which was registered with the number P-102-08. The Executive Secretariat of the Commission advised on November 17, 2009, that the joinder request presented was acceptable and that the petitions would be joined to P-102-08. 7. On April 15, 2010, the Commission notified the petitioners that the petition presented by AFDD and the petitions joined thereto (P-102-08) would be joined, in turn, with a petition submitted on November 26, 2004 by Mr. Adil Brkovic on behalf of the alleged victim Juan Luis Rivera Matus and his family, and registered with the number P-1275-04. 2 Petition lodged on behalf of Cardenio Ancacura Manquián, Teófilo Zaragozo González Calfulef, Manuel Hernández Inostroza, Arturo Benito Vega González, and their respective families. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-305-08. 3 Petition lodged on behalf of Luis Evangelista Aguayo Fernández, Manuel Eduardi Bascuñan Aravena, José Ignacio Bustos Fuentes, Enrique Angel Carreño González, Rafael Alonso Díaz Meza, Rolando Antonio Ibarra Ortega (López), Aroldo Vivian Laurie Luengo, Ireneo Alberto Méndez Hernández, Armando Edelmiro Morales Morales, José Luis Morales Ruiz, Aurelio Clodomiro Peñailillo Sepúlveda, Luis Alcides Pereira Hernández, Armando Aroldo Pereira Meriño, Oscar Abdón Retamal Pérez, Luis Enrique Rivera Cofré, José Hernán Riveros Chávez, Roberto del Carmen Rivero Muñoz, Oscar Eladio Saldías Daza, Hernán Sarmiento Sabater, Hugo Enrique Soto Campos, Ruperto Oriol Torres Aravena, Edelmerio Andonio Valdez Sepúlveda, Víctor Julio Vivanco Vásquez, Claudio Jesús Escanilla Escobar, and their respective families. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-759-08. 4 Petition lodged on behalf of Nelson Almendras Almendras, José Ricardo López López, Juan de la Cruz Briones Pérez, Victoriano Lagos Lagos, and their respective families. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-707-09. 5 Petition lodged on behalf of Eugenio Iván Montti Cordero, Carmen Margarita Díaz Darricarrere, and their respective families. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-798-09. 6 Petition lodged on behalf of Félix Santiago de la Jara Goyeneche and his family. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-665-11. 7 Petition lodged on behalf of Luciano Aedo Hidalgo and his family.The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-102-08. 8 Petition lodged on behalf of Felipe Segundo Rivera Gajardo, Gastón Fernando Vidaurrázaga Manríquez, José Humberto Carrasco Tapia, Abraham Muskatblit Eidelstein, and their respective families. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-676-11. 9 Petition lodged on behalf of Cecilia Miguelina Bojanic Abad, Flavio Arquímides Oyarzún Soto, and their respective families.The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-674-11. 10 Petition lodged on behalf of José Felix García Franco and his family.The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-1275-04. 11 Petition lodged on behalf of María Arriagada Jerez, Jorge Aillón Lara, and their respective families. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-675-11. 12 Petition lodged on behalf of Marcelo Eduardo Salinas Eytel and his family. The Commission initially registered this complaint with the number P-1051-11. 13 On this date the Commission receive two petitions: one lodged on behalf of Gerardo Antonio Encina Pérez Miguel Antonio and his family, which it initially registered with the number P-1211-10; the other on behalf of Figueroa Mercado and his family, which it initially registered with the number P-1457-10. 2