3 criminal courts] were competent to hear the investigation against Major General (ret.) Alfonso Vacca Perilla, and [that] the Human Rights Monitoring Unit had competence to investigate ‘the members of the armed forces, Major Pinzón, Captain Héctor Alirio Forero Quintero, Jorge Enrique García García, Second Lieutenant Norberto Baez Baez, First Lieutenant Romero Dumar, Second Lieutenant Jimy Cortés García, Laureano León Peña and professional soldier Gonzalo Arias Alturo.’ Consequently[,] procedural unity had been interrupted.” Arias Alturo had been “remanded in custody” and, “investigations continue[d]. The latest resolution [was that] of October 14, [1997]”; and e. Regarding the “setting up of the trust funds in favor of the minors and the payment of the interest due since July 31 [1997], [...]by mid-December [1997] the trust fund w[ould] be set up with the capital plus the interest earned until it was effectively constituted.” 7. The brief of November 11, 1997, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) presented its comments on the first and second reports of the State (supra third and sixth having seen paragraphs) and, among other matters, indicated that: a. Regarding tracing the next of kin of María del Carmen Santana, the State should expedite the necessary State resources, because “the judicial proceedings to [...] determine the identity of the victim under domestic law, ha[d not] been initiated”; b. Regarding the State’s obligation “to return the bodies” of Isidro Caballero and María del Carmen Santana, it had not taken any steps to locate the remains of the victims; c. Regarding the criminal investigation that was underway, “the military criminal courts continue[d] to investigate the acts committed by law enforcement personnel, who had nothing to do with the Services, despite the ruling of the Constitutional Court, delimiting the scope of the military jurisdiction.” “Even though [...] Colombia ha[d] expressed its willingness to punish those responsible [...] within the country [...] it ha[d] not taken any measure whatever[,...] so that impunity continued in [the case]”; d. Regarding the compensation in favor of María Nodelia Parra, the petitioners, on her behalf, received Banco Ganadero cheque No. A2136596 for thirty-one million seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand six hundred and sixty-five Colombian pesos; and e. Regarding the trust funds ordered in favor of the minors, to date they had not been set up and “it [was] hoped that [the Court’s ruling] w[ould] be complied with in December 1997.” 8. The third report of the State of January 13, 1998, in which it indicated that it had taken all the “measures within its means” to identify María del Carmen Santana and, therefore, her next of kin. With regard to the criminal investigation, it stated that “it [was] in contact with the competent authorities, in order to evaluate whether the investigation that was referred to the military criminal justice system should be transferred once again.” In relation to the obligation to return the bodies of the