Gerardo Bedoya-Borrero Gerardo Bedoya-Borrero, editor the Cali newspaper El País editorial page, was murdered in that city on March 20, 1997. An investigation is at a preliminary stage. Amparo Jiménez After being subjected to threats by telephone, journalist Amparo Jiménez-Pallares was murdered in Valledupar, the capital of the department of Cesar, on August 11, 1998. At the time, she was the coordinator of REDEPAZ, a civil society organization working for peace. The Prosecutor General's Office indicted an individual, Libardo Humberto Prada-Bayoba, for aggravated homicide and the illegal bearing of arms. An investigation, conducted by the criminal judge of the Valledupar Special Jurisdiction, has reached the trial stage. There was a break-up of procedural unity in the investigation. Nelson Carvajal-Carvajal Nelson Carvajal, a journalist who worked for the Sur Radio Station and was also a teacher in his municipality, was murdered on April 16, 1998, in Pitalito, department of Huila. The Prosecutor General's Office laid indictment for homicide against three members of the FARC, Fernando Bermúdez-Ardila, the alleged abettor, and Víctor-Felix Trujillo-Calderón and Alfonso Quintero-Alvarado, alias "Harold" or "el Gordo", alleged actual perpetrators of the crime of aggravated homicide. The case is being conducted by the Single Criminal Court of the Neiva Special Jurisdiction. A public hearing is pending. Carlos Lajud-Catalán Carlos Lajud Catalán, a radio journalist of the capital of Atlántico, was murdered in Barranquillla on March 19, 1993. The Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office launched an inquiry and ordered two persons to be linked to the case for homicide for terrorist ends. In July 2000 a restraining order was issued against a third person. Another individual was linked to the case and the pre-trial procedures are in progress. The investigation has now been partially closed. Jineth Bedoya On May 25, 2000, Jineth Bedoya, a journalist working on El Espectador newspaper of Bogotá, was held by three men near the Modelo prison, and later released near the city of Villavicencio, capital of the department of Meta. A criminal investigation of kidnapping, threats, rape and grievous bodily harm was assigned to the Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office, and is at a preliminary stage.