counseling, whose professional support they began receiving in June 2008.260 The purpose of those psychosocial activities was to establish spaces for individual and group therapy sessions, as well as meetings aimed at dealing with the impact of those events.261 As of 2013 they were still receiving that support.262 The Commission does not have information as to whether they are still receiving that support at present. 2.2. Destruction of information and subsequent closure of the DAS 149. On January 16, 2009, Felipe Muñoz was appointed as the new director of the DAS.263 According to an article in the periodical Revista Semana, between January 19 and 21, 2009, most of the documents on the activities of G-3 was destroyed at the DAS headquarters.264 In that article, a DAS detective who was involved in the intelligence gathering activities gave a statement.265 The detective said: We received an order to gather up everything we had from various offices in the building and external offices and take it to the Counterintelligence office. Over the course of two days, external hard drives were collected, hard drives changed in computers, and CDs, voice files and secret documents collected. ... Of all the boxes that were taken to Counterintelligence containing documents, recordings, and other things, only one was left; it was removed from the 11th floor on the evening of Wednesday 21st. I do not know what was put in that box or where it was taken. I just know that everything else was destroyed.266 150. According to information provided by the petitioners at a hearing, video footage from DAS security cameras shows how in the week from January 19 to 23, 2009, personnel attached to the DAS intelligence and counterintelligence directorates, including the head of the latter division, Captain Jorge Lagos, removed documents, computer hard drives, and external memories, among other elements from the offices.267 151. As a result of the revelation of the activities of the DAS, in April 2009, CCAJAR requested the thenpresident of the DAS, Felipe Muñoz, to release the declassified intelligence reports.268 On May 13, 2009, the DAS responded, denying the existence of any such operation.269 152. On October 31, 2011, the then-President of the Republic issued Decree No. 4057, ordering the abolition of the DAS and reassigning its various functions to a number of different entities.270 Article 24 of that decree provided: The custody and conservation of the archives containing the intelligence information of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) shall remain the responsibility of the DAS now abolished. The Internal Affairs Office, in keeping with its preventive function, shall oversee the process of custody, consultation, and screening of the intelligence data and archives of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) now abolished.. Certification of the organizations Avre and Pbi on psychosocial support for CCAJAR members, November 2013. Annex 61 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 261 Certification of the organizations Avre and Pbi on psychosocial support for CCAJAR members, November 2013. Annex 61 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 262 Certification of the organizations Avre and Pbi on psychosocial support for CCAJAR members, November 2013. Annex 61 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013. 263 Available at: http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-das-sigue-grabando/100370-3. Enclosed with the petitioners’ communication of September 8, 2009. 264 Available at: http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-das-sigue-grabando/100370-3. Enclosed with the petitioners’ communication of September 8, 2009. 265 Available at: http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-das-sigue-grabando/100370-3. Enclosed with the petitioners’ communication of September 8, 2009. 266 Available at: http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-das-sigue-grabando/100370-3. Enclosed with the petitioners’ communication of September 8, 2009. 267 Slides presented at a public hearing on November 5, 2009, held in the framework of the 137th regular session of the IACHR. 268 Information presented by the petitioners at a hearing on November 5, 2009, held in the framework of the 137th regular session of the IACHR. 269 Information presented by the petitioners at a hearing on November 5, 2009, held in the framework of the 137th regular session of the IACHR. 270 State’s brief containing observations on merits, January 23, 2015. 260 29