them are in preventive detention.381 As indicated by the State, and not disputed by the representatives or the Commission, the truth of the events related in voluntary confessions is being verified by the National Justice and Peace Unit of the Prosecutor General’s Office (hereinafter “FGN-UNJP”).382 183. Also, the evidence provided by the Prosecutor General’s Office reveals that the National Justice and Peace Unit has been preparing a dossier with information and details of different aspects of the “Élmer Cárdenas” paramilitary bloc that includes data on its origin and background,383 structure,384 ideology,385 the weapons it used,386 the chain of command,387 and the demobilization procedure for its members,388 which reveals the systematic patterns of the illegal activities that characterized the group’s actions. 184. However, the FGN-UNJP has little information on the procedural situation of the candidates. The information sent by the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although it is not disputed, dates from 2009. Lastly, this Court underlines that there is evidence of the communication of probative elements between the delegated units of the Prosecutor General’s Office; that is, between the UNDH-DIH and the FGN-UNJP.389 I.3. Investigation in the disciplinary jurisdiction 185. On June 27, 2002, the Public Prosecution Service opened a disciplinary investigation under file No. 155-73307-2002, against del Río Rojas and the Army officers Jaime Arturo Remolina, Rafael Alfredo Arrázola, Guillermo Antonio Chinome and Luis Elkin Rentería based on the denunciations of the soldier Oswaldo de Jesús Giraldo Yepes concerning the relationship of the 17th Brigade with the paramilitaries of the Urabá area. This investigation was archived on December 5, 2002, and General del Río Rojas was acquitted. The Public Prosecution Service confession August 6, 2008 (evidence file, folio 19235); Rubén Darío Blanquicet, Voluntary confession, July 17, 2008 (evidence file, folios 19249 to 19251); Alberto García Sevilla, Voluntary confession, October 28, 2008 (evidence file, folios 19251 to 19253); C.A.F. Alvarez, Voluntary confession, May 8, 2008 (evidence file, folios 19251); Julio César Arce Graciano, Voluntary confession, May 2, 2008, on DVD “Clips VL. Operation Genesis. No. 1” (minute 46:39) (evidence file, folio 45236). See also: Edwin Alberto Romero Cano, Voluntary confession, March 24, 2011, on DVD “Clips VL. Operation Genesis. No. 1” (minute 42:32) (evidence file, folio 45236). 381 Cf. Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of August 27, 2009 (evidence file, folio 7630). See also: Video of indictment in the hearing on the partial indictment of Luis Muentes Mendoza. Medellin, Justice and Peace Court, 2008 (evidence file, folio 1403); Video of indictment in the hearing on the partial indictment of Diego Luis Hinestroza Moreno (evidence file, folio 1472). There is only evidence of the indictment of these two candidates. 382 Cf. Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of August 27, 2009 (evidence file, folio 7630). 383 Cf. Prosecutor General’s Office, Justice and Peace Unit, Dossier on the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc. Genesis: context immediately before it was planned (evidence file, folios 44465 to 44535). 384 Cf. Prosecutor General’s Office, Justice and Peace Unit, Dossier on the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc, structures described by Fredy Rendón in voluntary confession made on November 26, 2009 (evidence file, folios 45250 to 45443). 385 Cf. Prosecutor General’s Office, Justice and Peace Unit, Dossier on the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc. Ideology of the organization (evidence file, folios 45238 to 45248). 386 Cf. Prosecutor General’s Office, Justice and Peace Unit, Dossier on the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc. Weapons (evidence file, folios 45459 to 45489). 387 Cf. Prosecutor General’s Office, Justice and Peace Unit, Dossier on the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc. Chain of command (evidence file, folios 45490 to 45512). 388 Cf. Prosecutor General’s Office, Justice and Peace Unit, Dossier on the Elmer Cárdenas Bloc. Elegibility: demobilization procedure (evidence file, folios 45513 to 45526). 389 The file corresponding to proceedings No. 2332 before the UNDH-DIH of the Prosecutor General’s Office contains different statements (voluntary confessions) made by those demobilized under the Justice and Peace procedure (evidence file, folios 17164, 17892, 18392, 17905, 18372, 18374, 17870, among others). 68

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