212. On October 24, 1990, the Office of the Special Attorney assigned to the Military Forces decided to confirm all the elements of the decision of September 28, 1990. By Decree 731 of 1994, the removal of the Commander of the 13th Brigade was made effective. On June 30, 1994, this decision was confirmed, but the said Brigade Commander filed an action for annulment and re-establishment of rights. On August 8, 2001, the Second Section of the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca “declared the nullity of the decisions appealed” owing to the expiry of the disciplinary action and ordered that the annotation of the cancellation of the sanction of dismissal on his curriculum vitae. This decision was confirmed by the Second Section of the Council of State on February 11, 2005, and subsequently by the Plenary Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the Council of State on April 15, 2008. 296 F.8.b) Office of the Special Attorney assigned to the National Police 213. The Office of the Special Attorney assigned to the National Police conducted at least three investigations into the events of the Palace of Justice. 297 These included the investigation of “[two] military criminal investigation” judges who took part in the removal of the corpses from the Palace of Justice. 298 Nevertheless, on May 15, 1989, the Office of the Special Attorney assigned to the National Police decided to acquit both officials. 299 F.9 Impeachment Committee of the Chamber of Representatives 214. The Impeachment Committee of the Chamber of Representatives received various complaints based on the events of the Palace of Justice, one of which was presented by the Attorney General against the President of the Republic and the Minister for Defense at the time. 300 On November 20, 1985, the Impeachment Committee decided to joinder the complaints received and, on November 27, it decided to open an investigation. 301 On July 16, 1986, it declared “that there [were] no grounds for attempting to impeach [the two accused] before the Senate of the Republic.” 302 215. Subsequently, on December 3, 1986, a group of citizens “filed a [new] complaint [before the Chamber of Representatives] against the former President […] and his Ministers of the Interior, Justice, and Defense for the events that occurred on November 6 and 7, 1985.” However, on July 18, 1989, the Impeachment Committee decided to archive the was not removed. Cf. Report of the Truth Commission (evidence file, folios 287 and 288). 296 Cf. Decision of the Office of the Special Attorney’s assigned to the Military Forces of October 24, 1990 (evidence file, folios 2689 and 2690), and Report of the Truth Commission (evidence file, folio 288). 297 One of the investigations was into the “decision not to suspend the operation deployed on the terrace over the fourth floor” and another on “the withdrawal of the system of protection that the National Police had provided in the Palace of Justice.” Two individuals were acquitted of responsibility and one was sanctioned with a request that he be dismissed. Cf. Ruling of the Office of the Special Attorney’s assigned to the National Police of October 31, 1990 (evidence file, folios 32132 to 32155), and Report of the Truth Commission (evidence file, folios 290 and 291). 298 One of them was accused of “preparing a record of the joint removal […] of two human remains, as if it was a single corpse”; and the other of “ordering the burial in a mass grave of 25 corpses, 17 of them unidentified, despite the criminal investigation into the events that occurred in the Palace of Justice, […] with the consequent difficulties to identify the carbonized remains, in the two cases.” Note No. 11354 of the Office of the Special Attorney’s assigned to the National Police of November 3, 1987 (evidence file, folio 31604). 299 Cf. Report of the Truth Commission (evidence file, folio 291). 300 Cf. Decision of the Impeachment Committee of the Chamber of Representatives of July 16, 1986 (evidence file, folio 2694); complaint filed by the Attorney General on June 20, 1986 (evidence file, folio 6735), and Report of the Truth Commission (evidence file, folio 291). 301 Cf. Decisions of the Impeachment Committee of the Chamber of Representatives of November 27, 1985, and July 16, 1986 (evidence file, folio 2693 and 2694). 302 Decision of the Impeachment Committee of the Chamber of Representatives of July 16, 1986 (evidence file, folio 2719). 71