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43.
The Court therefore requests that the State, in its next report on the
implementation of these provisional measures, make specific reference to the protective
measures it has adopted and is adopting to protect the life and personal integrity of
beneficiary Juan David Naranjo Jimenez in keeping with his particular situation.
1.4
On the alleged murders of beneficiaries Javier Augusto Torres Durán and
Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez
a. With regard to Javier Augusto Torres
44.
The State reported in July 2008 that the investigations into the death of Mr. Javier
Augusto Torres Durán, the son-in-law of Ms. Mery Naranjo, were being moved forward by
the Fifth District Public Prosecutor. Regarding those investigations, it expressed that "the
identity of the alleged perpetrators of the death of Mr. Torres Durán [had] been
established and the crime’s motives [had] been partially elucidated." Likewise, it
indicated that the evidence pointed at the three individuals allegedly responsible
belonging to “a gang that operates in the neighborhood [where the person who was a
beneficiary perished] of Comuna 13, in Medellin” where the current beneficiaries reside.
It added that of the three individuals presumably responsible, as of June of 2008, one
had been detained as a measure to ensure preventative detention and the other two
were in prison awaiting a hearing to formalize the charges and rule on the request for
measures against them. At that time, the State reported that the measures taken by the
Metropolitan police of the Aburrá Valley and the Armed Forces to strengthen and provide
security in the Comuna 13 sector of Medellin where the beneficiaries reside.
45.
The representatives did not make any comments on the information provided by
the State with regard to the death of this beneficiary.
46.
The Commission took note of the information submitted by the State on the
investigations launched into the death of Javier Augusto Torres Durán. Regarding them, it
found it necessary for the State to submit information on "the possible connection of the
homicide of Javier Augusto Torres with the facts leading to the adoption and maintaining
in force of these provisional measures." Likewise, it asked the Court to require
information from the State on the investigations into the death of that beneficiary.
b. With regard to beneficiary Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez
47.
On October 7, 2010, the representatives reported that on this past October 4, the
minor Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez, 16 years old, had been wounded in the head with a
firearm. They explained that as a consequence, the beneficiary suffered a serious
cranialcerebral injury that caused his death on the morning of October 6, 2010. The
representatives indicated that neither they nor his family "had information on the
circumstances in which the facts took place, as the minor was supposedly found by police
officers in another neighborhood of the city." Therefore, they requested that the State be
ordered to investigate the facts and provide information in this regard.
48.
In response to a request for information from the President of the Tribunal (supra
Having Seen 6), the State expressed that on October 5, 2010 it learned from beneficiary
Mery Naranjo that her grandson had been found by the police in the outskirts of Comuna
13 of Medellin with a gunshot wound to the head. It indicated that because the
beneficiary was not carrying any identification when he was found by the police, they had
not been able to establish his identity at first. In addition, it expressed that the reasons
for which the minor was in that area with its complex public safety situation far from his
residence are unknown. However, it indicated that an order has been issued "to move
forward in the investigative work […] in order to clear up the related facts. Toward doing
so, officials with the District [with jurisdiction were] moving forward with interviewing