109. In response, on November 14, 2002, Ms. Murcia received an anonymous email in which she was warned
“to watch [her] words.”173 The email also said that as "a measure of redress” she should distribute a document
from the website of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.174 At that time Ms. Murcia was in charge of
follow-up on implementation of the so-called "Plan Colombia.”175
1.8.
Diana Teresa Sierra Gómez
110. Diana Teresa Sierra Gómez was a CCAJAR lawyer.176
111. On October 24, 2003, Ms. Gomez was photographed and filmed in the vicinity of the CCAJAR offices by
an unknown man and an unknown woman.177 The Commission does not have any other information about
that fact.
112. On June 28, 2004, while she was working in the city of Armenia, she was photographed at the entrance
to the departure lounge in the city's airport by an unidentified man.178
113. The petitioners also alleged that on September 2, 2004, Ms. Sierra was prevented from participating in
the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC.179 That was because CCAJAR learned that the DAS was organizing an
operation against her.180 They said that her emails were hacked and that her work with the ICC in coordination
with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) was being monitored.181
114. The Commission was also informed about the existence of an operation code-named “Filtración,”182 in
which DAS agents called an airline with which Ms. Sierra was intending to travel in order to inquire about the
lawyer's itinerary, and they subsequently followed up on the complaint made by CCAJAR in that regard.183
The disciplinary complaint lodged in relation to those events was set aside with the argument that the lawyer
failed to provide information about the source of the information received regarding the operation against
her.184
1.9.
Efraín Cruz Gutiérrez
115. In December 2013, Efraín Cruz Gutiérrez was working as a legal assistant in CCAJAR's international
area.185
116. The petitioners said that on October 1, 2004, he was followed by suspicious persons in a pickup truck
from the local prosecutors’ offices to the Collective's offices.186 The petitioners said that inquiries were made
and it was found that the vehicle's license plate corresponded to an official entity attached to the municipality
of Ubaté.187 Mr. Cruz also had a computer stolen that contained work-related information.188
E-mail received by Diana Milena Murcia dated November 14, 2002. Annex 47 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on
merits, December 20, 2013; Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 1577, Abstention decision of July 28, 2006. Annex 92 to the
petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
174 E-mail received by Diana Milena Murcia dated November 14, 2002. Annex 47 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on
merits, December 20, 2013; Office of the Attorney General, Case UNDH 1577, Abstention decision of July 28, 2006. Annex 92 to the
petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
175 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
176 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
177 Annex 6 to the petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
178 Annex 6 to the petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
179 Annex 6 to the petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
180 Annex 6 to the petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
181 Petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
182 Monitoring activities on domestic and international travel by CCAJAR members. Annex 79 to the petitioners’ brief containing
observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
183 Annex 6 to the petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
184 Petitioners' communication of March 18, 2015.
185 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
186 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
187 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
188 Judgment T-1062/05 of the Constitutional Court, October 20, 2005. Enclosed with the State's communication of November 1, 2006.
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