fees were very high because he said his life would be in danger.”93 He stated that Miriam Carvajal, a sister of the alleged victim, contacted two attorneys who were willing to accept the family’s power of attorney to represent them as civil plaintiffs in the criminal case. However, he stated that because of the death threats to Nelson’s wife Luz Stella Bolaños Rodríguez, and to Judith Carvajal, the alleged victim’s sister, the family decided to give up their right. He indicated that they were “warned verbally and telephonically that if they continue[d] to go after the perpetrators there would be more deaths in the family.”94 101. According to Judith Carvajal, after January 5, 1999, the date on which the Office of the Prosecutor General arrested the alleged masterminds and direct perpetrators of Nelson Carvajal’s murder, the threats increased. She stated that the calls intensified, both to her house and to the Radio Sur radio station, where she had a Sunday program.95 She further indicated that in March 1999, a man approached her at the exit of the María Auxiliadora of Pitalito Clinic and said that she was “the one who was being a pain in the ass, that she was the chip that had to be knocked down in order to win the business,” and that he said to some other men who were with him, “that’s her.” 96 Judith Carvajal further stated that on April 3, 1999, Mr. Luis Ortiz personally told her that he had a direct order from the men involved in Nelson Carvajal’s murder to kill her. This person reportedly told Judith Carvajal that the order had been given to his accomplices, who were in Pitalito at the time, via cell phone from the La Picota prison in Bogotá, where the defendants were being held. She stated that if she or anyone else in her family were killed, she would place the blame directly on the individuals charged with masterminding her brother’s murder. She also stated that her “family had no other trouble with anyone else. The only trouble we have now is because of this investigation, and therefore, anything that happens to my family is the result of this case.”97 102. Judith Carvajal additionally stated that on the afternoon of April 14, 1999, there was a man outside her house for a lengthy period of time. She stated that her son told her not to leave the house because the man “had a weapon and had been standing there for a long time, paying close attention to who entered and left the house.” Later, Judith Carvajal stated that she left the house “together with several people and [saw] that the guy got onto a motorcycle, saying ‘brother it couldn’t be done today, it will have to be another day.’” 98 103. In view of this situation, Judith Carvajal decided to leave Pitalito for another part of the country, and she informed the Office of the Prosecutor General of this situation in order for the appropriate investigations to be conducted.99 There is no information in the case file before the IACHR about the outcome of these investigations. Judith Carvajal reportedly went into the Victim and Witness Protection Program of the 93 Attachment 6. First Notary Public of Pitalito. Department of Huila. Certificate Number 683. September 18, 2003. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of September 22, 2003 94 Attachment 6. First Notary Public of Pitalito. Department of Huila. Certificate Number 683. September 18, 2003. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of September 22, 2003 95 Attachment 7. Document from Judith Carvajal Carvajal to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Attachment A: National Human Rights Unit. Office of the Prosecutor General. Statement of Judith Carvajal Carvajal. File No. 582 HRU. October 15, 1999. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 96 Attachment 7. Document from Judith Carvajal Carvajal to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Attachment A: National Human Rights Unit. Office of the Prosecutor General. Statement of Judith Carvajal Carvajal. File No. 582 HRU. October 15, 1999. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 97 Attachment 2. Office of the Prosecutor General. Technical Investigations Unit. Regional Crimes Group. Supplemental Affidavit provided by Judith Carvajal Carvajal in Case File No. 33.744. July 29, 1999, p. 4, Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 98 Attachment 7. Document from Judith Carvajal Carvajal to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Attachment A: National Human Rights Unit. Office of the Prosecutor General. Statement of Judith Carvajal Carvajal. File No. 582 HRU. October 15, 1999. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005. 99 Attachment 7. Document from Judith Carvajal Carvajal to the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Attachment A: National Human Rights Unit. Office of the Prosecutor General. Statement of Judith Carvajal Carvajal. File No. 582 HRU. October 15, 1999. Attachment to the petitioner’s communication of August 25, 2005.