eliminated the workers’ financial and material dependence on the gatos, who were the cause of the practice of forced labor and conditions similar to those of slavery. 205 B.5. Criminal proceedings in relation to the 2000 inspection 185. In 2000, following the inspection in Hacienda Brasil Verde, the Federal Public Prosecution Service filed criminal complaint No. 0472001 before the Marabá Federal Court, in Pará. The federal court declined competence in favor of the state court on July 11, 2001. The State advised the Inter-American Court that there is no information about what happened to this complaint and that it had been unable to find a copy of the investigation records.206 Therefore, the Court has no information regarding these criminal proceedings, other than that a complaint was filed by the Public Prosecution Service in relation to the facts that were the purpose of the April 200 inspection in Hacienda Brasil Verde. B.6. The current situation of Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz 186. On October 29, 2007, the head of the Pará Police Department request the Comissão Pastoral da Terra to forward a copy of the report of the disappearance of Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz to support the investigation into the facts.207 In July 2007 and February 2009, the Pará State Secretariat for Justice and Human Rights interviewed the next of kin of Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz to obtain information on their whereabouts.208 187. Iron Canuto da Silva’s companion advised that she had lived with him for 13 years and that they had had four children; she had lived with him in Arapoema, state of Tocantins, in 1994 and subsequently in Redenção and Floresta de Araguaia, Pará, between 1999 and 2007.209 Iron Canuto da Silva’s mother and companion stated that, on July 22, 2007, he had died in circumstances unrelated to the instant case. 210 188. Regarding Luis Ferreira da Cruz, on February 17, 2009, his foster mother advised the Pará Secretariat for Justice and Human Rights that she “had no information on his whereabouts.”211 Subsequently, in August 2015, she told the Federal Police that Luis had died “around ten years previously in a confrontation with the police.”212 Meanwhile, the halfsister of Luis Ferreira da Cruz also advised that he had died ten years before, and “as he was carrying no personal papers when he was murdered, […] he was given an indigent burial.”213 VII DETERMINATION OF THE PRESUMED VICTIMS 205 Report of June 2002 inspection (evidence file, folio 1063). 206 The State’s brief of June 27, 2016 (merits file, folio 1698). 207 Communication No. 1254/2007 of October 29, 2007 (evidence file, folio 1009). Statement by Maria do Socorro Canuto of February 17, 2009 (evidence file, folio 7442) and statement by Raimunda Marcia Azevedo da Silva of July 22, 2007 (evidence file, folio 7445). 208 209 Statement by Raimunda Marcia Azevedo da Silva of July 22, 2007 (evidence file, folio 7445). Statement by Maria do Socorro Canuto of February 17, 2009 (evidence file, folio 7442) and statement by Raimunda Marcia Azevedo da Silva of July 22, 2007 (evidence file, folio 7445). Autopsy report of Iron Canuto da Silva (evidence file, folios 7451 and 7452). 210 211 Statement by Maria do Socorro Canuto of February 17, 2009 (evidence file, folio 7442). 212 Report No. 3/2015 of the Federal Police of August 4, 2015 (evidence file, folio 10766). 213 Report No. 3/2015 of the Federal Police of August 4, 2015 (evidence file, folio 10766). 45