112 conspiracy to commit a crime, to the detriment of public security, owing to the events that occurred in La Granja; (b) According to the judgment of the First Specialized Court of November 14, 2003, the investigation into the events of La Granja commenced on June 12, 1996; namely, one day after they occurred; (c) On September 2, 2005, the acting prosecutor in the La Granja case filed an action for review of judgment before the Supreme Court of Justice in relation to the ruling of the Antioquia Superior Court of July 12, 2004, absolving José Vicente Castro; and (d) In a judgment of July 8, 2005, one member of the Army and three civilians were convicted. 2. Concerning the events that occurred in El Aro (a) The Prosecutor’s Office began to take measures with regard to these events immediately after they occurred, at the end of October and beginning of November 1997; (b) As a result of the decision of the Attorney General’s Office of September 30, 2002, confirmed by a judicial decision of November 1 that year, two agents of the Colombian State were held responsible from a disciplinary perspective for intentionally “collaborating with and facilitating” the events, and for having intentionally “collaborated with and facilitated” the theft of approximately 1,000 head of livestock (cattle, horses and mules) from the region and neighboring areas by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia; (c) Based on these disciplinary decisions, the Colombian State agreed to take measures and submitted conciliation proposals in the proceedings underway in the administrative jurisdiction, in anticipation of a judgment condemning the State for responsibility in the deaths for which the respective next of kin were claiming compensation, and also for the theft of the livestock, in accordance with the facts proved during these proceedings; (d) Carlos Castaño and Salvatore Mancuso were clearly identified as participants in the events of El Aro, and sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment, while Francisco Enrique Villalba was sentenced to 33 years’ imprisonment; (e) On April 22, 2003, case number 05000-31-07-02-2002-0021-00 before the Second Criminal Court of the Medellín Specialized Circuit was concluded with an early judgment convicting Carlos Castaño Gil, Salvatore Mancuso Gómez and Francisco Enrique Hernández Villalba. This judgment is final and at the execution stage, so that some arrests are pending; (f) Some arrest warrants have not been executed because “it is difficult to locate the criminals.” In the specific case of Mancuso, he is one of the negotiators of a dialogue process commenced by the Government on the basis of Act 782 of 2002 (Act 418 of 1997 was extended by Acts 548 of 1999 and 782 of 2002). Consequently, the arrest warrants against him are suspended while he remains part of the process; and