participation and the withdrawal of violence as a method to archive the social change are alternatives that should be guaranteed by all the authorities to prevent the so called “dirty war” from blocking the possibility to reach a consensus that may reunite all the sectors and allow the peaceful cohabitation.”21 C. Information about Pedro Julio Movilla, his family, activities and events prior to the disappearance. 22. The petitioners identified Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio and the following relatives as victims in the present case: Candelaria Nurys Vergara Carriazo (wife); Carlos Julio, José Antonio and Jenny Movilla Vergara (children); Leonor, Erasmo, María de Jesús (deceased), Marta, Rita, Nery del Carmen, all with the surname Movilla (brothers); Erasmo Movilla, Raúl Ramos and the three sons of Nery del Carmen (nephews); Ricardo, Franklyn and Dominga Movilla; and María Isabel Carriazo and José Vergara (deceased parents-in-law). 23. The petitioners indicated that the alleged victim and his family faced a persecution as a result of his union activities and political leadership. They highlighted that in 1974, Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio was dismissed from his job at the INCORA (Colombian Institute for Agrarian Reform) due to his participation in a protest, which led to his detention in Monteria for a month.22 Subsequently, he worked as counselor in trade union organizations and was an activist at the Popular Labor Committee (Comité Obrero Popular) in Córdoba. The IACHR observes that his wife declared before the General Prosecutor’s Office that the motive of the persecution was “the way in which he thought” adding that “the only two entities with which he had issues were the Government and State bodies.” Ms. Vergara reiterated that, in Monteria, Córdoba, they were victims of harassments without knowing if they came from the “F.2.” (police intelligence body), of the Central Office of the Judicial Police (Dirección Central de Policía Judicial e Inteligencia) (hereinafter, “the Dijin”) or the Administrative Department of Security (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad), (hereinafter, the “DAS”). She added that harassment continued in Bogotá, where she worked in the trade union “National Union of Bank Employees,” and described persecutions. Finally, she highlighted that in Monteria, Córdoba, Mr. Movilla Galarcio heard that he was told “be careful, take care of yourself because they are looking for you there.”23 24. The Commission observes that Candelaria Vergara also declared before General Prosecutor’s Office that in 1990, already in Bogotá, Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio was a member of the PCC-ML, an organization that “was negotiating with the government, and as a result, we had to be very careful with persecutions, because at that time they were under that negotiating process and they were following us since then.” Following this line, Ms. Vergara also declared that when visiting their relatives in Monteria, she saw several cars with dark glasses and no licenses parked in front of her house in the neighborhood of Buenavista, in a watchful attitude, which was intimidating to them, given that in Monteria persons close to their family had been murdered.24 The petitioners alleged that the State did not recognize the complaints filed regarding the continuous aggressions that they were suffering.25 25. The IACHR also takes notice of the statement by Humberto Javier Callejas Rua before the PGN, in which he informed that he was a trade union leader, that he had been in prison for six months and that he met Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio due to his union activities in Medellin. In such statement, Mr. Callejas highlighted that after his detention in Cartagena, he was beaten and interrogated by agents of the Dijin, while they asked them insistently about the alleged victim or about “Milton.” He affirmed that he presumed the interest in finding Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio was related to his activism in an underground party, as the PCC- Colombian Constitutional Court, Order T-439 of 1992, July 2, 1992. Reporting Judge Eduardo Cifuentes Muñoz. On this regard, the Commission identifies what has been observed by the PGN in the records of the DAS, where there is a record of a sentence of 25 days of house arrest issued by inspector 5 of the Police of Monteria to Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio, dated March 1976. Annex 5. PGN, Record No. 008-139893. Report on the visit carried out at the Office of Specialized Archives of the DAS. August 5, 1993. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 28, 2012. 23 Annex 6. General Prosecutor’s Office, Rad. 096. Procedure of expansion of the statement by Candelaria Nurys Vergara Carriazo. June 7, 2012; Annex 7. General Prosecutor’s Office, Rad. 096. Procedure of expansion of the statement by Candelaria Nurys Vergara Carriazo before the General Prosecutor’s Office. April 13, 1994. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 28, 2012. 24 Annex 8. General Prosecutor’s Office. Rad. 096. Statement by Candelaria Vergara. June 7, 2012. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 28, 2012. 25 Annex 9. Petitioners’ communication of January 15, 2016. 21 22 6