53 192. According to the record before the IACHR, this transfer took place because it was decided that the investigation should be conducted by the Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, in view of the fact that Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce served as public official on the La Independencia 3 neighborhood Community Action Board, she was a member of the community organization known as Women’s Association of Las Independencias (AMI), “and the motives for which she lost her life appear to be for political reasons as part of an extermination scheme against nongovernmental organizations, perpetrated by alleged members of illegal armed groups, specifically those known as the paramilitary.”229 On April 14, 2005, the criminal charge of substantial connection between offenses was also added to the charges, and an order was issued to join the investigations in the context of the death of Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce with the investigations into the threats by the illegal armed groups against Mosquera, Naranjo and Yarce.230 193. As of this writing, the Office of the 35th Special Prosecutor, under the National Human Rights Unit of the Office of the Attorney General, is investigating the facts corresponding to the homicide of Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce, which occurred on October 6, 2004, under file No. 2169.231 The investigation of this matter is undertaken jointly with the complaints filed with the Office of the Inspector General on August 22, 2003 – under number 014427 – for the crime of personal threats allegedly made against Mmes. Ana Teresa Yarce, María del Socorro Mosquera, and Mery del Socorro Naranjo.232 194. The judicial processes before the IACHR reveal the following activities were conducted between October 2004 and August 31, 2007 in the investigation pertaining to the murder of Ms. Yarce: judicial inspection of the body; civil registration of death; judicial police reports (2023 and 1151); creation of a photo array; the autopsy report; the report on the fingerprints of the body of the deceased; expert report on the ballistics study conducted on two projectiles recovered at the time of the forensic medical inspection; the taking of the testimonies of Monica Dulfary Orozco Yarce, daughter of Ms. Yarce, and Mery del Socorro Naranjo Jimenez as direct witnesses of the crimes; and the taking of the statements of Mrs. Socorro Mosquera, of members of the army based in the area; and of other residents of Comuna 13.233 229 Annex 66. Decision to Transfer Investigation from the Second Unit of Crimes against Life and Personal Integrity, of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, to the Human Rights Unit of the same body, December 3, 2004. Criminal proceeding regarding the murder of Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce. Annex 1. Observations of the Petitioners in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al – Case 12.595, dated May 3, 2012. 230 Annex 66. Order to Join Investigations on grounds of Connection between offenses, File: 83076-747.394 (M-213), Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, April 14, 2005. Criminal proceeding regarding the murder of Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce.. Annex 1. Observations of the Petitioners in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al – Case 12.595, dated May 3, 2012. 231 Note DIDHD/GOI No. 77119/2954 from the Colombian State, November 15, 2012, p. 53. 232 Note DIDHD/GOI No. 77119/2954 from the Colombian State, November 15, 2012, p. 53. 233 Annexes 44, 47 and 67. Decision on the Bail Status of Jorge Enrique Aguilar, Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, File 2169, August 31, 2007; Decision on the Bail Status of Jhon Jairo Cano Duran, Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, File 2169, September 6, 2007; Charging Document for Early Disposition [Guilty Plea] Requested by Defendant Jhon Jairo Cano Duron, March 25, 2008. Criminal proceeding regarding the murder of Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce. Annex 1. Observations of the Petitioners in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al – Case 12.595, dated May 3, 2012.