contact in any eventuality.” The contact numbers of the human rights coordinators of
the Police forces in the cities of Medellín, Huila, Bucaramanga and Bogotá were also
forwarded to the representatives on November 29, 2012.
26.
In a report of December 18, 2012, the State explained that “with regard to the
armoring of the ASFADDES premises, […] the security assessment at the headquarters
located in the city of Bogotá D.C is currently [in] process. As to the other offices, the
National Protection Unit [was] waiting for the beneficiaries and/or their representatives
to send the relevant information to begin making the necessary arrangements”; given
that “Decree 4912 of 2011 requires ownership of the building in order to make
architectural changes associated with the armoring measures, […]the implementation
of some other type of protection measure will be considered, such as the installation of
security cameras, which does not require alterations to the building,” as well as “the
implementation of preventive security measures, namely, self-defense courses, police
patrols and/or police visits.”
27.
In a report dated April 1, 2013 the State noted that risk assessments were
requested for Javier Enrique Barrera Santa, Gloria Luz Gómez and Gladys Victoria
Vargas. It added that this “procedure was also ordered for Mrs. Aura María Diaz
Hernandez,” but that it was not possible initiate it given that there are no supervening
facts that would change the weighting of the evaluation conducted at the beginning” of
2013.
28.
In a report dated April 5, 2013, the State explained that “the armoring of the
headquarters of the Association of Relatives of Detainees-Disappeared Persons
(ASFADDES) in the city of Bogotá was agreed” and that “the work of architectural
armoring is still in the process of being carried out.”
2.2.
Observations of the representatives
29.
The representatives reported that in “May 2008, two men appeared at the
premises of the Medellín office and asked for someone in that organization; they said
they had come from Barrancabermeja (Santander) to bring some books. They left
without leaving anything and did not return.” The representatives reported that the
same happened in 1997 when a bomb was left at the offices. The director of the
Medellín branch stated that “in the first months of 2008, when she was traveling with
another colleague […], she noticed men following her and that they even entered [a
store] and asked about the same things that they had inquired about.” When she
asked the people who worked in the store about the individuals who had inquired
about them, they were told that “those men were from the local Convivir
[organization].”
30.
In their report of May 9, 2011, the representatives included the following
summary of incidents between 2009 and 2011:
a) on “02.02.09
an envelope arrived at the office [of ASFADDES in
Bucaramanga] containing a threatening message against this organization
and against all those who have promoted, supported and participated in
searches and the handover of disappeared persons to their loved ones. The
message referred to the handover, on January 23, 2009, of the remains of
some victims who disappeared on May 16, 1998 in the city of
Barrancabermeja”;
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