4 reported that “there are outstanding warrants for the arrest” of Messrs. Jaime Alberto Peña-Casas and Antonio Alonso-Martínez. At the private hearing (supra Having Seen clause No. 7), the State undertook to arrange for the arrest of said persons to become a priority, on the understanding that, in 2008, the director of the National Police Department had already issued specific instructions so that arrests connected to homicides would be given priority. On the other hand, the State mentioned that Mr. Elías Sandoval-Reyes is serving a sentence of 22 years in prison at the National Police Facatativá penitentiary center as a result of facts related to the instant case.6 9. At the private hearing (supra Having Seen clause No. 7), the representatives pointed out that, pursuant to Sections 312 and 350 of the Colombian Code of Criminal Procedure, the organs in charge of enforcing the arrest warrants are “DAS [Administrative Department of Security], when performing judicial police functions, the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s Investigation Division and the National Police Department.” In this regard, they asked the Court to instruct the State to submit detailed information on the activities carried out by said organs in connection with the arrests that are still pending, “from the issue of the warrant to date […,] to make the judgment of conviction fully effective.” 10. At the private hearing (supra Having Seen clause No. 7), the Inter-American Commission stated that, even though one of the perpetrators is currently serving his sentence, “there are two more persons who have also been convicted but remain at large,” and that it is unaware of the “actions [that have been] taken to bring them to justice.” 11. It is the Court’s view that the State has not offered complete, detailed information that would allow the adequate monitoring of compliance with this aspect. It is necessary for the State, in particular, to submit information to this Tribunal regarding the date on which the outstanding arrest warrants were issued and the actions taken by the appropriate organs in connection therewith. The Court would like to point out that, as indicated by the State at the private hearing (supra Having Seen clause No. 7), even though a general order giving priority to the enforcement of arrest warrants related to homicides has been in place since 2008, in the instant case two years have elapsed since then without this being actually enforced. * ** perpetrator of the murders of Hernán Javier Cuarán-Muchavisoy, Julio Milciades Cerón-Gómez, Edebrades Norberto, William Hamilton-Cerón, Artemio Pantoja-Ordóñez and NN/Moisés, and to reverse the appealed ruling and convict Antonio Alonso-Martinez, Jaime Alberto Casas and Elías Sandoval-Reyes and order payment of compensation for moral and pecuniary damage to the victims. 6 When the crimes were committed in the instant case, Mr. Antonio Alonso-Martínez “was a member of the National Police force, where he was a Captain;” Mr. Jaime Alberto Peña-Casas “was a Lieutenant at the National Police Department,” and Mr. Elías Sandoval-Reyes “was an officer of the National Police Department.” Cf. 41st Criminal Court of the Bogotá Circuit, judgment of December 13, 2004, File No. 2122001 (file on compliance with judgment, vol. II, folios 976 to 1041). Likewise, Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Bogotá, judgment of March 31, 2006, File No.: 200100212, and Criminal Review Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, order of June 10, 2008, File No. 27426. Dismissal. Available at: http://www.policia.gov.co/portal/page/portal/INSTITUCION/normatividad, last visited on February 2, 2010.

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