42 with the cousins because the cousins knew what to do so that you go with them and he was 188 referring to massacres and legalizations. 188. On July 23, 2001, a UDH Specialized Prosecutor and three members of the Technical Investigation Body (CTI), coordinated by the Head of the UDH Maritza González Manrique, carried out 189 the arrest warrant and search. 189. On July 27, 2001, General (Ret.) Del Río Rojas' defense requested that the Prosecutor refrain from filing charges, arguing that the Prosecutor lacked the required functional competence to charge a suspect who was fulfilling the role of General of the Republic at the time that the events occurred. On July 31, 2001, the Prosecutor made a decision on Del Río Rojas' judicial situation by imposing preventive detention without bond, for the crimes of aggravated conspiracy due to the proven 190 connection between the XVII Brigade and the ACCUs acting within its jurisdiction. 190. This decision was brought to the attention of the incoming Prosecutor General, Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza, who considered it "disloyal" and demanded the UDH-FGN Head’s resignation. The 191 former Prosecutor General in charge decided to submit his own resignation, in support. 191. On August 3, 2001, the General's defense lodged a habeas corpus petition, which was decided in his favor on August 4, 2001, and his release was ordered based on the Prosecutor's lack of authority to order his arrest. Also, criminal and disciplinary investigations were initiated against the 192 Prosecutor and the officials participating in the General’s arrest and search of his home. 192. On August 8, 2001, the IACHR granted precautionary measures in favor of the former Head of the UDH-FGN and the Chief of the Anti-Corruption Unit - whose resignation had also been 193 requested - as well as of various prosecutors assigned to the UDH-FGN and members of the CTI. The IACHR requested that the State adopt the necessary measures to protect their and their family's physical 188 Annex 64. Prosecutor decides legal situation of Brigadier General (ret.) Rito Alejo del Río Rojas proceedings 5767, p. 14. Annex 7 to the Note of the Colombian Foreign Ministry No. DDH GOI 18083/0836, received on May 1, 2006. Cf. Annex 39. Voluntary video deposition of Fredy Rendón who defines that the "cousins" was the identification of the self-defense forces by the military units. Annex 3 D to the Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009. 189 Annex 65. IACHR Communication to the State of Colombia of December 17, 1999 in the precautionary measures proceedings. 190 Annex 42. Prosecutor General's Office. Decision of September 12, 2008 in which the legal situation of Rito Alejo Del Río was resolved. Annex to the petitioners’ brief of May 19, 2009. 191 "As the information available shows, the lack of support for the decision of the National Human Rights Unit of the General Prosecutor's Office to perfect the arrest of General del Río Rojas, lead to the forced resignation of its Director, Dr. Pedro Díaz Romero and the release of the General. The Commission was also aware that judicial and disciplinary actions were ordered against the prosecutors of the Unit and members of the Technical Investigatory Body (CTI) who participated in the investigation and relevant arrest." Annex 66. IACHR Press Release No. 21/01 IACHR's Concern at Changes in the National Human Rights Unit in Colombia. At: http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2001/Press21-01.htm. In May 2008, the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca decided that the resolution of resignation of Pedro Díaz was invalid, Resolution No. 2-1876 of August 9, 2001, and ordered the Prosecutor General to reinstate the person concerned in charge and provide appropriate reparations. Annex 67. See Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca, decision of May 8, 2008. In: http://190.24.134.90/tribunal/Scripts/Data/resultados.php?pag=3. 192 Habeas corpus decision of the 31st Criminal Judge of the Bogota Circuit, August 4, 2001, filed as No. 00004/2001. Petitioners’ allegations on the merits received on March 10, 2008, para.162. 193 Lucía Margarita Luna Prada, Gonzalo Alirio García Gómez, Maritza González Manrique, Fernando Niño Quintero, Ramiro Sánchez Pardo and Jaime Tapia Carlier. Annex 68. MC 185-01. Pedro Díaz Romero et al. See IACHR, Report No. 86/06. Petition 499-04, Admissibility, Marino López et al. (Operation Genesis), Colombia, October 21, 2006, footnotes 31 and 32. See also: Annex 69. IACHR. Annual Report 2001 III C. 1, para. 20. See. http://www.cidh.org/annualrep/2001sp/cap.3a.htm#1.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Medidas%20cautelares%20acordadas%20o%2 0extendidas%20por%20la%20Comisión%20durante.