86. Alirio Uribe Muñoz was a CCAJAR lawyer.114 Subsequently he was elected as a representative for Bogotá to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia for the Polo Democrático Alternativo party.115 On several occasions he (i) was followed by unknown men on motorcycles without license plates and (ii) received anonymous threatening telephone calls to his home.116 The petitioners also said that anonymous calls were made to the old office where he had worked as a lawyer several years earlier asking for information about his house.117 They said that in December 1999 he received a telephone call from someone saying that they were looking for him to "give him a present.”118 The petitioners also said that when he picked up the telephone at his house he would hear sounds of a radio switchboard and that sometimes he was even answered by the police.119 They added that on another occasion, he sent a fax to the university where he lectured and shortly afterwards he received a call from an office in the Ministry of Defense asking whom the fax had been addressed to.120 87. On August 17, 1999, a pamphlet signed by the "Colombian Rebel Army” [Ejército Rebelde Colombiano] was publicly distributed at different points in the cities of Bogotá and Cúcuta, mentioning 21 people as socalled enemies of the peace in Colombia and saying that they would pay for the destruction of the peace process.121 Alirio Uribe’s name was on that list.122 The pamphlet was also published in regional newspapers, including the daily Vanguardia Liberal.123 The petitioners also said that at the University where Alirio Uribe lectured, pamphlets appeared that made threats against CCAJAR members.124 The Commission does not have any other information about the latter pamphlets. 88. In a search of the home of former army serviceman Evangelista Basto Bernal as part of the investigation into the attack on the trade unionist Wilson Borja, the authorities discovered a scanned color photograph of Uribe Muñoz with information about his house and office.125 The Commission does not have any other information about that search. 89. Toward the end of 1999 the United Workers Union (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores – CUT) denounced a plan to assassinate several trade union leaders, members of Congress, and human rights defenders.126 Mr. Uribe's name was on the list.127 90. On May 5, 2000, another pamphlet appeared, announcing a paramilitary offensive in the city of Bogotá and that a number of people would be executed, showing the same list as the one that appeared on the document previously received by the CUT.128 On September 6 that year, a pamphlet entitled “Warning, the Coup Is Coming” [Alerta, el golpe se viene] was distributed, signed by the “Revolutionary Intelligence Union” [Central de Inteligencia Revolucionaria], which included Alirio Uribe on a list of individuals who were to be Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. Petitioners' communication of March 20, 2015. 116 Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 912, Abstention decision September 12, 2006. Annex 36 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 117 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 118 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 119 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 120 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 121 Copy of the pamphlet signed by the “Colombian Rebel Army” (Ejército Rebelde Colombiano). Annex 37 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 122 Copy of the pamphlet signed by the “Colombian Rebel Army” (Ejército Rebelde Colombiano). Annex 37 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 123 Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 590, Abstention decision of October 4, 2002. Annex 91 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 124 Petitioners’ communication of June 23, 2005. 125 Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 912, Abstention decision of September 12, 2006. Annex 36 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013; Urgent action, CCAJAR and others, April 5, 2001. Annex 43 36 [Tr: sic] to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 126 Copy of the document sent to the headquarters of the CUT. Annex 38 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 127 Copy of the document sent to the headquarters of the CUT. Annex 38 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 128 Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 912, Abstention decision September 12, 2006. Annex 36 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 114 115 18