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investigations into the facts alleged.195 The IACHR does not have any documentation indicating that said
investigation was begun.
Luz Dary Ospina and her family members
i.
Complaints of Forced Displacement and Threats, filed with the Antioquia
Departmental Prosecutor’s Office and the Office of the Ombudsperson
178. Ms. Ospina reported the events to the Antioquia Departmental Prosecutor’s Office and
to the Office of the Ombudsperson on July 18, 2003.196 In her complaint, she maintained that she had
been an intra-urban displaced person since November 2002 and that she was driven out by the threats
from the paramilitary, although her husband and sons continued to live in the neighborhood.197 In that
complaint she recounted the events described at paragraphs 127-129 above.
179. Ms. Luz Dary Ospina also reported her belief that these events were related to her work
with the Las Independencias Women’s Association (AMI) and because she had filed complaints of
abuses and violations of basic rights being committed in Comuna 13 since “Operation Mariscal,” in the
period from May 21 to the date on which the complaint was filed.198 She also stated the following:
….. nowadays, armed civilians are taking over the homes located at strategic sites, whether
because of their panoramic view or because they are close to the entrance to the
neighborhoods, which makes it easier for them to exercise control. In Independencias I, around
seven houses on one block have been taken over. There are families who have refused to give
up their homes, which means that they are in serious danger; they are also being told to hand
over the deeds to their property… The community is afraid to file a complaint, because it has
seen the obvious collusion among the paramilitary, the army and the police. Repeated
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complaints have been filed about this collusion, but to no avail.
180. Given the danger and insecurity her entire family was facing, and the risk of losing their
legally built home, she specifically asked, that “appropriate measures be taken to protect the life, honor
and property of all citizens, as the Constitution provides.”200
195
Note DDH. GOI No. 56107/2586 from the Colombian State, October 31, 2006, p. 4.
196
Annex 16. Complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsperson, dated July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban
displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family; Annex 17. Complaint filed with the Departmental Attorney,
City of Medellín, July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family.
197
Annex 16. Complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsperson, dated July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban
displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family; Annex 17. Complaint filed with the Departmental Attorney,
City of Medellín, July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family.
198
Annex 16. Complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsperson, dated July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban
displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family; Annex 17. Complaint filed with the Departmental Attorney,
City of Medellín, July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family.
199
Annex 16. Complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsperson, dated July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban
displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family; Annex 17. Complaint filed with the Departmental Attorney,
City of Medellín, July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family.
200
Annex 16. Complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsperson, dated July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban
displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family; Annex 17. Complaint filed with the Departmental Attorney,
City of Medellín, July 18, 2003, claiming intra-urban displacement and security for Luz Dary Ospina B. and her family.