Kidnapping of Irish Citizens On July 9, 2001, Tristan James and Javier Novoa were kidnapped and subsequently murdered at Hoya Grande municipal district, municipality of Icononzo, department of Tolima. The Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office ordered criminal proceedings to be instituted in connection with these crimes, involving two individuals who are members of the FARC. Warrants were issued for their arrest. Kidnapping of Criminal Investigation Officials On March 9, 2000, Edilberto Arturo Linares, Carlos Augusto Ibarra, Danilo Javier Carrera, Hugo Alberto Quintero, Mario Abel Trocha, Jaime Elías Barros and Israel Alberto Roca, officials of the Technical Investigations Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office who were carrying out the exhumation of human remains in the municipality of La Paz, Cesar, were kidnapped by members of a self-defense group. In connection with this event, on February 14, 2001 the Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office, on the basis of the results of the preliminary proceedings, issued an indictment against Jhon-Jairo Esquivel, alias "El Tigre", for suspected aggravated kidnapping and formation of illegal armed groups. At present, the Valledupar Criminal Circuit Court is conducting a trial. Kidnapping and murder of a Former Minister of Culture On September 24, 2001, near the municipality of Patillal, in the department of Cesar, subversives of the FARC kidnaped Mrs. Consuelo Araujo-Noguera, former minister of Culture. Her body was found on September 30 in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain chain. In connection with these events, the National Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office issued nine warrants for the arrest of members the FARC's leadership. A resolution containing the above warrants also ordered the arrest of seven members of the FARC Secretariat, on charges of conspiracy to homicide, rebellion, terrorism, and kidnapping.