56 alias Jhony Loco to shoot Mrs. Yarce.248 He confessed during his declaration that he personally had fired against Mrs. Yarce. 249 200. According to information provided by the parties, in the context of the steps taken in the context of that investigation, two participants in that illicit act have been identified and punished250 – Jorge Aguilar and Jhon Jairo Cano Durán – from 2009 to date.251 Jhon Jairo Cano Durán, alias Chupón, was sentenced on January 9, 2009, to 240 months in prison and a fine equivalent to 1,487.5 legal minimum salaries for the crimes of homicide of a protected person, reprisals, forced displacement, and conspiracy to engage in criminal conduct.252 On July 15, 2010, Jorge Enrique Aguilar Rodríguez was convicted of homicide of a protected person concurrent with the crime of reprisals to 26 years and 4 months in prison.253 201. On issuing the measure of confinement against both participants, the Office of the Attorney General indicated that it considered that the assassination of Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce was linked to the illegal group Héroes de Granada – situated at the América bus terminal – and that the order had been given by one of the upper-level commanders, alias Johnny.254 The Office of the Attorney General argued that “it was learned that just days before the homicide Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce had succeeded in stopping the displacement of several families by the paramilitaries.”255 The Office of the Attorney General also identified another material co-perpetrator of the crime, Jhony Alberto Henao Echevarria, alias Johny Loco, also a member of the paramilitary forces, for whom an arrest warrant was issued on September 6 2007.256 3. Investigation into the unlawful search of the home of Ms. Naranjo’s next of kin on February 13, 2006, during which a child, Luisa María Escudero, was injured. 202. The investigation into these facts is entrusted to the Office of the 35th Prosecutor under the National Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Unit for the crime of attempted homicide, breach of 248 Annex 75. Defendant’s initial voluntary statement of Jhon Jairo Cano Duran, October 19, 2007, Criminal proceeding regarding the murder of Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce. 249 Annex 75. Defendant’s initial voluntary statement of Jhon Jairo Cano Duran, October 19, 2007, Criminal proceeding regarding the murder of Mrs. Ana Teresa Yarce. 250 Note DDH. GOI No. 31279/1533 from the Colombian State, June 14, 2006, p. 7. 251 Note DIDHD/GOI No. 77119/2954 from the Colombian State, November 15, 2012, p. 56; Observations submitted by the petitioners in relation to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al. – Comuna 13, November 22 and 25, 2011, pp. 22 and 23. 252 Note DIDHD/GOI No. 77119/2954 from the Colombian State, November 15, 2012, p. 56. 253 Note DIDHD/GOI No. 77119/2954 from the Colombian State, November 15, 2012, p. 56. 254 Annexes 44 and 46. Resolution of the Legal Situation of Jorge Enrique Aguilar, Office of the Attorney General, file 2169, August 31, 2007, and Resolution of the Legal Situation of Jhon Jairo Cano Durán, Office of the Attorney General, file 2169, September 6, 2007, Criminal proceeding into the assassination of Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce. 255 Annexes 44 and 46. Resolution of the Legal Situation of Jorge Enrique Aguilar, Office of the Attorney General, file 2169, August 31, 2007, and Resolution of the Legal Situation of Jhon Jairo Cano Durán, Office of the Attorney General, file 2169, September 6, 2007, Criminal proceeding into the assassination of Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce. 256 Annex 76. Determination that other co-perpetrators are suspects, file 2169, Office of the Attorney General, September 6, 2007. Criminal proceeding into the assassination of Ms. Ana Teresa Yarce. Annex 1. Petitioners’ observations in relation to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al. – Case 12,595, May 3, 2012.

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