86. On September 11, 1996, four men arrived at Mr. Vélez Restrepo’s home claiming to be officials of the Attorney General’s Office, but failed to show any identification. They asked Mr. Vélez Restrepo’s wife about his schedule and activities. That same day, the Editor-inChief of Noticiero Colombia 12:30 sent a note to the National Special Investigations Directorate of the Attorney General’s Office informing it of this incident. The Directorate was conducting an inquiry into the attack against Mr. Vélez Restrepo on August 29, 1996 (infra para. 104). The note requested clarification of the situation, “given the distress of the family of cameraman Luis Gonzalo Vélez.”99 87. In mid-September 1996, Mr. Vélez Restrepo and his wife decided to move, and rented a house in another neighborhood. They stopped receiving threats at home, but Mr. Vélez Restrepo still received calls at work.100 The threats decreased, and between February and August 1997, they received no threats; consequently they returned to the house where they had lived previously.101 88. On August 27, 1997, Mr. Vélez Restrepo testified before the Prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the threats (infra para. 117). 16, folios 656 and 657); statement made by Aracelly Román Amariles on July 25, 2005, before a notary public of the District of Colombia, United States of America (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 16, folio 85, and file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome II, annex 17, folio 663). 98 Cf. statement made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on February 24, 2012; statement made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo on July 25, 2005, before a notary public of the District of Colombia, United States of America (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 15, folio 80, and file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome II, annex 16, folio 657). 99 Cf. statements made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and Aracelly Román Amariles before the InterAmerican Court during the public hearing held on February 24, 2012; statement made by Aracelly Román Amariles before the Antioquia Branch Office of the National Special Investigations Directorate of the Attorney General’s Office, on February 2, 1998 (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 18, folio 95); decision issued by the Oversight Office of the Attorney General’s Office, case file 030-54410/2001, on May 3, 2002 (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 22, folio 107); statements made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and Aracelly Román Amariles on July 25, 2005, before a notary public of the District of Colombia, United States of America (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annexes 15 and 16, folios 80 and 85, and file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome II, annexes 16 and 17, folios 657 and 663), and brief of September 11, 1996 signed by Hans Sarmiento, Editor-in-Chief of Noticiero Colombia 12:30, addressed to the National Director of Special Investigations of the Attorney General’s Office (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 10, folio 62). 100 Cf. Statement made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo on August 27, 1997, before the 243 rd Prosecutor of Bogota (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 11, folios 64 and 65); statements made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and Aracelly Román Amariles before the Court during the public hearing held on February 24, 2012; request for pre-trial administrative conciliation filed by Raúl Hernández Rodríguez on behalf of Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and some of his next of kin before the Contentious Administrative Law Court of Cundinamarca (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, annex 36, folio 218), and statement made by Aracelly Román Amariles on July 25, 2005, before a notary public of the District of Colombia, United States of America (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 16, folio 85; file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome II, annex 17, folio 663). 101 Statement made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo before the 243rd Bogota Sectional Prosecutor’s Office on August 27, 1997 (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, tome I, annex 11, folio 64); statements made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and Aracelly Román Amariles before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on February 24, 2012; and statements made by Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and Aracelly Román Amariles on June 25, 2005, before a notary public of the District of Columbia, United States of America (file of annexes to Merits Report 136/10, annexes 15 and 16, folios 80 and 85, and file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, tome II, annexes 16 and 17, folios 657, 658 and 663). 30