48 were that “unconfirmed rumors were heard that apparently the police agent, whom it was claimed was present at some of the disappearances (…) his last name is Viañe.”261 153. On November 19, 2004 and March 29, 2005, Carlos Guzmán’s defense attorney filed a motion to close the investigation.262 On that same day, the UNDH requested further evidence and indicated: “it is necessary (…) to gather the evidence (…) in view of the fact that some of it was ordered [to be gathered] in an order on April 19, 2004 and it was not possible to gather it.” As part of this evidence [to be gathered], reference is made to a statement given by the police agent with the last name Viañe.263 154. In a decision of July 8, 2005, the Office of the President of the Republic recognized Mr. Ramón Isaza Arango’s “status as a member representing the Self-Defense Forces of Colombia” up to December 31, 2005.264 On December 19, 2005, this recognition was extended by six months in order to be able to set the process of his demobilization into motion.265 155. On February 7, 2006, Ramón Isaza was formally demobilized along with another 990 members of the Self-Defense Forces of Magdalena Medio. Ramón Isaza decided to take advantage of the benefits of the Justice and Peace Law 975 of 2005. According to an interview published in a daily newspaper on February 8, 2006, Ramón Isaza made a statement on a video recorded in 1996 in which he took responsibility for the crimes of Vereda La Esperanza. In this regard, he claimed that the interview was improperly edited and he stated that he did not take responsibility for “the deaths of La Esperanza (…). He only was responsible for the deaths in combat.”266 156. On February 13, 2006, the UNDH quashed the arrest order for Ramón Isaza, given that he had demobilized.267 Accordingly, a request was made to the office of the High Commissioner for 261 Annex 24. Report No. 202148 signed by judicial investigators Danilo Henao and Nelson Galeano, addressed to Special Prosecutor of the National Human Rights Unit Lilia Hernández, dated November 18, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 128-132. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 262 Annex 24. Official Letter signed by Henry Suanca, addressed to Special Prosecutor of the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated November 19, 2004. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Page 174. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010; Annex 24. Official Letter signed by Henry Suanca, addressed to the Special Prosecutor of the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated March 29, 2005. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Page 184. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 263 Annex 24. Decision of the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, dated March 29, 2005. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Pages 185-186. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010. 264 Annex 63. Decision No. 172 of the Office of the President of the Republic “whereby an individual is recognized as a member representing the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, AUC,” dated July 8, 2005. Annex to petitioners’ submission received in the IACHR on February 1, 2007. 265 Annex 63. Decision No. 172 of the Office of the President of the Republic “whereby an individual is recognized as a member representing the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, AUC,” dated July 8, 2005. Annex to petitioners’ submission received in the IACHR on February 1, 2007. 266 Annex 64. Press clipping “Ramón Isaza se confiesa” [‘Ramon Isaza confesses’], published in El Colombiano, dated February 8, 2006. Annex to petitioners’ submission of March 2006. 267 Annex 24. Decision of the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, signed by Special Prosecutor Lilia Hernández Ramírez, dated February 13, 2006. Case File No. 233 UNDH. Book No. 10. Page 251. Compact disk attached to petitioners’ communication of June 24, 2010.