continued in Bogotá. According to Ms. Vergara, the persecution was for political reasons, since the conflicts they had were with the government and State agencies.64 Candelaria Vergara also explained that, given the “context” of the harassment and the threats made against them, she could not file a written complaint because (as was evident from the way she spoke) she was afraid. 72. In addition to the facts recounted by Candelaria Vergara, in the course of the investigations carried out after Mr. Movilla disappeared, information about other events surfaced suggesting that Mr. Movilla was being spied on by the country’s intelligence agencies. The events in question are described below. 73. On June 22, 1993, H.J.C.R. rendered a statement. He said he had been a union leader, that he was detained in January of that year, and that he had met Pedro Julio Movilla during his union activities in Medellín. He stated that, after he was arrested, he was beaten and interrogated by people who “turned out” to be agents of the Judicial Police and Investigation Directorate (DIJIN), and possibly also “of the Army,” while they asked him where they could find “Milton” (Mr. Movilla’s pseudonym).65 74. Similarly, in a statement rendered on October 25, 2012, before the Inspector General’s Office (PGN), H.J.C.R. said he had been under surveillance and was aware of other PCC-ML militants who had been the object of surveillance by agents from the police and the armed forces. When asked about why the people who had detained him had asked him about Mr. Movilla, H.J.C.R. replied that “they must have been keen to find him because [...] the [PCC-ML] party was a clandestine party.” He also said that “many other comrades” had disappeared in similar circumstances.66 75. The National Army’s XIII Brigade has notes containing information about Pedro Julio Movilla. In documentation dated May 1993, Mr. Movilla is identified as a member of the PCCML’s Central Committee, the secretary of a union organization, “a member of an armed group” and “a criminal trainer” of the “dissident Popular Liberation Army.” The documentation in question refers to places that Mr. Movilla visited on various dates prior to his disappearance, contains a physical description, and mentions the alias “Milton” that he used and the names of several people known to be “contacts,” including H.J.C.R.67 The PGN also confirmed the existence at the DIJIN of a notebook containing information about Mr. Movilla: his physical appearance, his wife’s name, his place of work, the vehicle in which he moved around, and the places he frequented.68 B.2. Facts relating to the disappearance of Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio 76. On May 13, 1993, Pedro Movilla left his home in the city of Bogotá, accompanied by his wife. After saying goodbye to her, at 08:00 hours he went to drop off his daughter Jenny at the Leninist Communist Party of Colombia. He was a regional leader in Córdoba, then he was a regional leader in Antioquia, Medellín.” 64 Cf. FGN, Additional statement rendered by Candelaria Vergara on June 7, 2012 (evidence file, Annex 1 to the Merits Report, folios 9 to 12), and statement rendered by Ms. Vergara on May 21, 1993, before the Inspector General’s Office (evidence file, process before the Commission, folios 1248 to 1250). 65 Statement rendered by H.J.C.R. on June 22, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 4 to the Merits Report, folios 17 and 18). 66 Statement rendered by H.J.C.R. on October 25, 2012 (evidence file, Annex 5 to the Merits Report, folios 20 to 22). 67 Military Intelligence Directorate. National Army notes containing general information about Pedro Julio Movilla, dated May 28, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 6 to the Merits Report, folios 24 and 25). 68 Cf. PGN, Minutes of special visit to the DIJIN Office on June 28, 1993 (evidence file, Annex 7 to the Merits Report, folio 27). 21