Humberto Lizcano Jacanamijoy, María Córdula, and Víctor Hugo, both of them Mora Jacanamijoy.41 Steps taken, actions carried out, and judicial proceedings conducted in connection with the facts in the instant case l) Preliminary steps taken by the 25th Criminal Magistrates’ Court: on January 23, 1991 said Court started the preliminary proceedings in an ordinary criminal court action regarding the event at the village of Las Palmeras in Mocoa, and on February 8, 1991 it declined competence in favor of military criminal jurisdiction, to which it referred the investigation conducted.42 Criminal proceedings m) Military criminal proceedings: on January 29, 1991 the 75th Military Criminal Magistrates’ Court opened an investigation (preliminary proceedings No. 034) which started the military criminal proceedings against captain Antonio Alonso Martínez and 41 members of the National Police for the facts occurred in the village of Las Palmeras in Mocoa.43 The proceedings were continued by the 51st Military Magistrates’ Court in preliminary proceedings 1114.44 On May 13, 1994 the Trial Court of the Office of the Inspector General of the National Police declared the criminal investigation closed “because it has been completed.”45 On May 25, 1994 the latter Court decided that the prerequisites were not met to issue an order to convene the Oral Court Martial and it ordered all proceedings dismissed in favor of all the policemen investigated for the crimes of homicide and personal injuries.46 On July 26, 1994 the High Military Court of the Military Forces of Colombia annulled the action by the trial court and ordered the proceedings returned to the investigative The 51st Military Criminal phase for “the irregularities to be corrected.”47 Magistrates’ Court of the Office of the Inspector General of the National Police 41 Cf. copy of the civil registry birth certificate of Humberto Lizcano Jacanamijoy issued on May 3, 2002 by the National Directorate of the Civil Registry of the Legal Status National Registrar’s Office of Colombia; birth certificate of Víctor Hugo Mora Jacanamijoy issued by the Police Inspector of José María Putumayo, Municipality of Puerto Guzmán, Department of Putumayo, Colombia; and baptism certificate of María Córdula Mora Jacanamijoy issued on April 29, 2002 by the Diocese of Mocoa, Sinbundoy, San Miguel Parish. 42 Cf. January 23, 1991 writ of the 25th Criminal Magistrates’ Court in Mocoa, Putumayo; and February 8, 1991 writ of the 25th Criminal Magistrates’ Court. 43 Cf. January 29, 1991 writ of the 75th Military Criminal Magistrates’ Court of the Office of the Inspector General of the National Police. 44 Cf. writ of the 53d Military Criminal Magistrates’ Court receiving the preliminary proceedings; March 20, 1991 writ of transfer of preliminary proceedings to the Trial Court of the Office of the Inspector General through the Military Judge Advocate; May 9, 1991 writ of the Trial Court, Office of the Inspector General, National Police for transfer and assignment to the 75th Military Criminal Magistrates’ Court to carry out the probatory proceedings; June 19, 1991 writ of the 75th Military Criminal Magistrates’ Court to receive the preliminary proceedings and suspend the terms until the judge took charge; and August 12, 1991 brief transferring the preliminary proceedings from the Trial Court, Office of the Inspector General, National Police, back to the 75th Military Criminal Magistrates’ Court. 45 Cf. May 13, 1994 writ of the Trial Court, Santa Fe de Bogotá Bureau, Office of the Inspector General, National Police. 46 Cf. May 25, 1994 Order of the Trial Court, Santa Fe de Bogotá Bureau, Office of the Inspector General of the National Police. 47 Cf. July 26, 1994 Order of the High Military Court of the Military Forces of Colombia.