-60of the presence of suspicious individuals or the execution of operations on the paramilitary group’s ranches. In addition, this report concluded with “suggestions for the operational and investigatory action” required by the situation, in the following terms: A. Before disseminating this report to the competent judicial instances, it is advisable that the Head of DAS […] should hold a meeting with […] the National Director of Criminal Investigation and the Attorney General, in order to plan the exhumation procedures with the maximum discretion. B. It is advisable that the Elite National Police Corps should intervene in the exhumation of the corpses, and that authorities with jurisdiction in Urabá and Córdoba should not be involved in the operation, because evidence exists that some of them have cooperated with the criminal organization led by FIDEL ANTONIO CASTAÑO GIL. […] D. The procedures for the excavation and exhumation of the corpses must be focused particularly on the Las Tangas ranch, because the common grave with 20 or 22 corpses of the 42 peasants abducted in Pueblo Bello is to be found there.106 95(80) On October 21, 1994, Technical Investigation Corps of the Prosecutor General’s Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) advised that, on October 18, 1994, work had started on the procedure to remove the corpses in the San Antonio cemetery, in Montería. The excavations had been ordered by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía Regional) in Medellín. The procedure was suspended due to difficulties in executing the excavations owing to problems of water, which meant that the land was unsuitable for carrying out a technical excavation.107 95(81) On March 23, 1995, the Medellín Regional Prosecutor’s Office commissioned the Technical Investigation Corps to coordinate with the Bogotá Forensic Division to conduct the exhumation and identification of the corpses that could not be carried out in 1994 (supra para. 95(80)).108 95(82) On April 21, 1995, the Technical Investigation Corps advised that between March 27 and April 7 that year, it had exhumed 13 bodies.109 95(83) On June 17, 1997, the National Identification Section of the Technical Investigation Corps, Forensic Division, issued a report on the analysis of the osseous remains of the corpses that had been exhumed in 1995 (supra para. 95(81)). According to this report. 13 corpses were examined, 12 of which belonged to men. The study made an assessment of the approximate age, sex, cause of death, height and dental plates of the corpses. In addition, drawings were made of the 106 Cf. report submitted by the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) on September 12, 1990 (file of attachments to the requests and arguments brief, attachment 5(2), folios 1552 to 1555). 107 Cf. testimony of José Daniel Álvarez Ruiz before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on September 19, 2005, and report of October 21, 1994, issued by National Identification Sector of the Technical Investigation Corps of the Prosecutor General’s Office (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folio 6380). 108 Cf. decision of March 23, 1995, issued by the Medellín Regional Prosecutor’s Office (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folios 6391 to 6392). 109 Cf. report of April 21, 1995, issued by the Investigation Unit of the Technical Investigation Corps of the Prosecutor General’s Office (file of useful evidence submitted by the State, folio 6393).