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the identity and location of several of the members of the Cacique Nutibara and Heroes de Granada
Blocs.213 The Office of the Attorney General continues to engage in investigative tasks the objective of
which is to turn up information that makes it possible to identify the other perpetrators and/or
participants in the instant case.214 In this regard, the State informed the Commission in its last
observations that on August 27, 2013 steps were undertaken to press charges – with the goal of
obtaining an early resolution on the matter – against Juan Carlos Villa Saldarriaga alias “móvil 8”; matter
which was transmitted to the 9° Criminal Court of the Medellin Circuit for a judgment.215
186. The Office of the Prosecutor-Delegate for Human Rights, pursuant to Article 26 of
Decree 262 of 2002, also forwarded copies to the competent disciplinary authority for it to begin the
investigations into the facts alleged, should it consider it appropriate.216 The IACHR does not have
documentation indicating that said investigation was initiated.
Mery Naranjo, Maria del Socorro Mosquera, Ana Teresa Yarce and their next of kin
i.
August 8, 2003 complaint for the crime of Mrs. Yarce’s forced displacement
187. Ms. Yarce filed a criminal complaint on August 6, 2003 with the Office of the Attorney
General of the Nation – Quick Response Unit, Sectional Office of the Prosecutor 166 – requesting
measures for protection of her life and her family members, in light of threats and acts of harassment
inflicted on them by paramilitary members, and their imminent forced displacement.217 After receiving
said complaint, on August 8 of the same year, Sectional Prosecutor 166 requested:
Police or military authorities, based on several different reasons, to investigate these incidents,
work as closely as possible with the complainant and her family to protect their lives and
property. At the same time, this Office requests the judicial police of the national police force, to
conduct operations in Comuna 13, endeavor to identify and single out the co-perpetrators of
these criminal acts, including those cited above in the complaint, in order to be able to issue the
arrest warrant from the Sectional Prosecutor’s Office to continue conducting this
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investigation….”
213
Annex 62. Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, File No. 4017, Decision No. 177, January 13, 2012. Criminal
proceeding for the forced displacement of Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas. Annex 2. Observations of the Petitioners in reference to
the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al – Case 12.595, dated May 3, 2012.
214
Note DIDHD/GOI No. 77119/2954 from the Colombian State, November 15, 2012, p. 67.
215
Note from the State of Colombia 20135010025881, transmitted to the IACHR by means of communication dated
October 21, 2013, para. 76.
216
Note from the State of Colombia GOI No. 60162/2802 dated December 11, 2006, p. 4.
217
Annex 63. Complaint filed by Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce against defendants Jesús N.N., Gabriel N.N and “Care-Niño”members of the Paramilitary forces, Crime: Forced Displacement and Others, August 6, 2003. Criminal proceeding regarding
the murder of Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce. Annex 1. Observations of the Petitioners in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia
Rúa Figueroa et al – Case 12.595, dated May 3, 2012; Annex 65. Record of the complaint filed by Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce with
the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, Sectional Office of Medellin, Single Quick Response Unit, Sectional Office of
the Public Prosecutor 166, August 8, 2003, Annex 1 of the Initial Petition in the matter of Socorro Mosquera Londoño, and Mery
Naranjo Jiménez – Comuna 13 – March 7, 2005.
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Annex 64. Record of complaint filed by Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce with the Office of the Attorney General of the
Nation, Sectional Directorate of Medellin, Single Quick Response Unit, Sectional Office of the Public Prosecutor 166, August 8,
2003.