victims in the case and influenced the actions of the authorities, preventing proceedings to be conducted that would have punished those responsible. iv) Conclusion 420. Based on the above, the Court concludes that the State violated the right to judicial protection established in Article 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 of this instrument, to the detriment of: (a) the 43 Hacienda Brasil Verde workers rescued during the April 23, 1997, inspection and who have been identified by the Court in this judgment (supra para. 199), and (b) the 85 Hacienda Brasil Verde workers rescued during the March 15, 2000, inspection and who have been identified by the Court in this judgment (supra para. 206). In addition, the Court concludes that, with regard to Antônio Francisco da Silva, who was a minor during some of the facts of the case, the violation of Article 25 of the American Convention declared above is also related to Article 19 of this instrument. B.4. The investigations into the alleged disappearance of Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz 421. The Court notes that, in this case, it has not been alleged that the State violated its obligation to respect the rights to personal liberty, personal integrity, life, recognition of juridical personality and the rights of the child of Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz. The dispute has been submitted only with regard to the alleged failure of the State to comply with its obligation to ensure these rights by an investigation. Therefore, the Court will now analyze the effectiveness of the investigations. B.4.1 Arguments of the parties and of the Commission 422. The Commission argued that, in 1988, when the State authorities received the report of the disappearance of the adolescents, Iron Canuto da Silva, aged 17, and Luis Ferreira da Cruz, aged 16, they took two months before they visited Hacienda Brasil Verde, where they were informed that the adolescents had fled to another hacienda in the area. The authorities did not take any step to confirm this situation or to open an investigation in this regard. The Commission considered that the disappearance of the adolescents and their situation of vulnerability resulted in their exclusion from the State’s institutional and legal system, prevented them from filing any type of legal action regarding the exercise of their rights, and has maintained them outside the real world and the legal sphere. The Commission also indicated that the disappearance of Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz was a clear example of structural discrimination because, despite the time that has passed since their disappearance, the State has failed to take any serious measure to investigate the facts and locate the young men. Consequently, the Commission concluded that Iron Canuto da Silva and Luis Ferreira da Cruz were victims of the violation of Articles 7, 5, 4, 3 and 19 of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 8, 25 and 1(1) of this instrument. 423. The representatives argued that, owing to the complaint filed by the next of kin of Luis Ferreira da Cruz and Iron Canuto da Silva, the State was directly and promptly aware of their disappearance. However, ignoring the special measures of protection that should be observed with regard to minors, the State authorities did not act immediately; rather, it was only two months after the complaint that the Federal Police visited the site of the facts and proceeded to interview some people, who indicated that Luis Ferreira da Cruz and Iron Canuto da Silva had fled to another hacienda. The Federal Police did not verify this fact or open an investigation of any kind. The representatives also asserted that, although the State obtained information on the whereabouts and decease of Iron Canuto da Silva in 2007, this was not 103