petitioner added that during one of the alleged victim’s various attempts to answer the prison, an unidentified individual recognized her as the journalist who would do the interview, took her by force, and threatening her, took her to a nearby house. According to the petitioner, Jineth Bedoya then heard other men approach who verbally and physically attacked her. The petitioner stated that the men tied the alleged victims’ hands and pushed her into an SUV. During the ride, Jineth Bedoya was the victim of sexual violence and suffered a number of physical and verbal assaults, during which reference was constantly made to her status as a journalist. The alleged victim also heard threats directed at other journalist colleagues. The petitioner stated that the individuals communicated constantly with their boss by cell phone, keeping him informed about the operation. According to the information provided, the journalist was kidnappened during 16 hours. According to the information provided, the individuals then left her in an isolated place. Jineth Bedoya was able to get help from a taxi, who transported her to an urgent care center in Catama. Agents with the Criminal Investigation and Interpol Directorate (Dirección de Investigación Criminal e Interpol, DIJIN) came and took her to a police hospital so she could be cared for by staff physicians. 11. The petitioner reported that during the kidnapping and in response to the journalist’s disappearance, Jorge Cardona, the newspaper’s legal editor, filed a criminal complaint with Public Prosecutor 103 Gaula de Bogotá. 12. The petitioner indicated that a month after the alleged facts took place, the alleged victim was assigned a security detail. According to the petitioner, a communication device provided by the Ministry of the Interior has been the only State support received by the alleged victim. The petitioner stated that it was the newspaper that provided her with an armored car and a driver. However, in February of 2002, when the journalist began working for the newspaper El Tiempo, the security detail was removed, as the authorities no longer believed that the communicator faced significant risk. According to the petitioner, in May of 2003 received threats from unknown sources. On the initiative of the director of the National Police, she was once again assigned a security detail. 13. The petitioner stated that on several occasions, the security service provided by the State posed an unnecessary risk to the journalist. For example, the petitioner stated that one of the police officers in charge of guarding her was later arrested for crimes of theft and kidnapping and was accused of being part of the “Los Calvos” criminal gang, which may have been responsible for the kidnapping, torture, and sexual assault of Jineth Bedoya. 14. The petitioner reported that Jineth Bedoya continued to exercise her profession as a journalist and continued to receive threats. For example, the petitioner stated that on August 18, 2003, the alleged victim was kidnapped again with her equipment in Puerto Alvora, this time by the FARC. She was released after five days. The National Police remain in charge of the protection program until 2007 without the participation of any other authority or agency. The petitioner added that on November 26, 2008, she filed a disciplinary complaint with the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation against the military after she found out through confidential sources within State security bodies that military officials had ordered her followed and ordered that her mail and communication be intercepted. 15. The petitioner stressed that at the time she filed her complaint with the IACHR, the investigation of the events that took place in the year 2000 was only in its preliminary phases. She expressed concern over the absence of real results and the lack of diligence and exhaustiveness that should characterize every investigation according to international standards. She said that although the State was made aware of the violation of Jineth Bedoya’s human rights in a timely fashion, it had not performed a serious investigation. The petitioner stated that the approaches to the investigation were inconsistent, which is evident in the excessive length of the investigation without conclusive results, the lack of a legal qualification for the sexual violence that the victim experienced, the shallowness of the other theories proposed, the marginalization of seemingly dedicated State agents, procedures that repeatedly revictimize the victim, denial of access to the victim’s legal counsel, and denial of probative requests by Jineth Bedoya’s representatives. The petitioner indicated that in response to the situation, on June 8, 2011, it asked the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation to assign a new public prosecutor given that the one who had been in charge for more than 11 years