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accordance with the information provided by the Office of the
Attorney General “concluded with the acquittal of National Army
Colonels Pedro Ignacio Hernández-Pulido and Ricardo MoralesPiedrahita;”
iii. regarding the double murder of Humberto and Gonzalo ZárateTriana brothers, in accordance with the information provided in
September 2002, the National Unit of Human Rights and
International Humanitarian Law took up the investigation proceedings
started under No. 110, by virtue of which evidence was being
collected in order to elucidate the facts and identify the physical
perpetrators;
iv. regarding the alleged irregularities in the judicial inspection of the
corpses of the Zárate-Triana brothers, as well as concerning the
seizure of documents and the search of their home, a preliminary
investigation was conducted in order to determine whether the
authorities acted in an intimidating manner towards the victim’s next
of kin and whether in the proceeding of the pertinent criminal
investigation there have been disciplinary irregularities. On November
14, 2003 the Sala Jurisdiccional Disciplinaria (Disciplinary Judicial
Chamber) of the Consejo Seccional de la Judicatura del Meta
(Regional Council of Meta Department Judges) decided that “no
merits have been proven to proceed with the investigation started
against the official being investigated [, Attorney Janeth EspinosaDelgado, in her capacity as Sixteenth Prosecutor Commissioned
before the Villavicencio Criminal Circuit Courts,] whereby it was
decid[ed] that the investigation proceedings be closed” and that no
disciplinary proceedings be started against said official;
v. regarding the threats against the beneficiary Islena Rey, the
following investigations were conducted:
(a)
proceedings started under No. 53694 against Víctor
Harrinthon-Alvarado-Rivera and Elver Alexander PenagosMuñoz for illegally bearing weapons, wherein judgment was
rendered on July 7, 2003, acquitting Mr. Alvarado and
sentencing Mr. Penagos to twelve months’ imprisonment and
additionally imposing thereto the deprivation of his political
rights and the disqualification to hold public office. On August
13, 2003 the case was forwarded to the Juzgado de Ejecución
de Penas y Medidas (Enforcement Court);
(b)
proceedings started under No. 85993 regarding the
alleged threats against the life of Islena Rey, which in 2003
were at the preliminary stage, during which evidence was
being collected in order to elucidate the facts and identify the
perpetrators or accomplices before of after the facts;
(c)
proceedings started under No. 21458 regarding the
alleged threats against the life of Islena Rey, wherein a
restraining order was issued in September 2000, and which
became final, whereby the proceedings were closed on
October 9, 2000; and
(d)
proceedings started under No. 14576 filed regarding
the alleged threats against the life of Islena Rey, in which a
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