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138.
In this regard, a witness stated that
Marino López's body was left on the river bank, they cut off his arms at the elbow, his legs up to his
knees, and with the point of the machete they opened up his stomach and let the body roll down
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the bank until it touched the water.
His hands remained tangled in the branches of a fallen
orange tree, they carried his head like a trophy in the palms of their hands and threw it onto a
clearing, saying: "look at him, he's got a face like a monkey the s.o.b." and displayed his head to
the population as a warning sign. When Marino's head fell to the floor, they started to kick it like a
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ball between themselves, passing it to each other for approximately ten minutes.
139.
Another witness stated that
they dragged him to the beach half dead and started to chop him in bits, they chopped his arms
and legs off, then they cut off his head, and played football with it in front of Luis Lemus' family,
then after that they told the community to fetch it and bury it and said to the community that that
was nothing, they had done nothing, and after them would come someone else who was going to
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eat people, with the community petrified."
140.
The Prosecutor's Office concluded that Marino López's death was not an isolated incident
but that it had occurred in a premeditated context with specific objectives, "that is to say to terrorize the
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population to ensure their forced displacement".
The Justice and Peace Prosecutors charged the
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alleged perpetrators with the aggravated murder of Marino López for terrorist purposes.
The murder
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achieved its aim, provoking another wave of displacements.
Some inhabitants of Bijao were
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threatened and detained.
141.
Marino López's head was thrown into the river and found some days afterwards. His
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remains were clearly identified in February 2007, so that his decease was finally registered.
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Annex 45. Voluntary deposition of William Manuel Soto Salcedo before the Justice and Peace Prosecutor of July 9,
2008. Annex 3 D to the Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009. Cf. Voluntary deposition of Rubén Darío Rendón Blanquicet
before the Justice and Peace Prosecutor of July 17, 2008. Annex 3 D to the Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009.
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Annex 47. Sworn affidavit for extra-procedural purposes No. 8522 of April 3, 2009 of the witness Bernardo Vivas
Mosquera. Annex to the petitioners' communication received on May 19, 2009.
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Annex 47. Sworn affidavit for extra-procedural purposes No. 8522 of April 3, 2009 of the witness Bernardo Vivas
Mosquera. Annex to the petitioners' communication received on May 19, 2009.
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Annex 44. Statement of Adán Quinto cited in: 14 Public Prosecutor of the UDH. Resolution on the legal status of Rito
Alejo Del Río Rojas, case no. 2332 of September 12, 2008, p.20. Annex 1 to the petitioners’ brief received on May 19, 2009.
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Annex 42. 14 Prosecutor of the UDH. Resolution on the legal status on Rito Alejo Del Río Rojas, case no. 2332 of
September 12, 2008, pp.17-18. Annex 1 to the petitioners’ brief received on May 19, 2009.
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Annexes 40 and 35. Videos of the Prosecutor's Charges in the partial indictment hearing of Diego Luis Hinestroza
Moreno of May 30, 2008 and of Luis Muentes Mendoza, 2008, Courts of Justice and Peace in Medellin. Annexes 3 A and C to the
Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009.
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Annex 42. 14 Public Prosecutor of the UDH. Resolution on the status of Rito Alejo Del Río Rojas, case no. 2332 of
September 12, 2008, pp.17-18. Annex 1 to the petitioners’ brief received on May 19, 2009. Cf. Annexes 40 and 35. Videos of the
presentation of the delegated prosecutor of the PGN in the partial indictment hearings of Diego Luis Hinestroza Moreno of May 30,
2008 and of Luis Muentes Mendoza, 2008, Courts of Justice and Peace in Medellin. Annexes 3 A and C to the Note of the Foreign
Ministry, August 27, 2009.
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They detained Bernardo Vivas, at whom the Paramilitary Richard shouted: "We're going to kill you". Another
paramilitary said to his companions: "leave this person alone", and they let him go; to a mother head of household at home the
Paramilitary Taolamba said: "We're going to shag you too", and to two members of the community tied up face down on the ground
and one of the armed men put his foot on them, they took them bound as guides to the other communities, and were then released.
Annex 47. Sworn affidavit for extra-procedural purposes No. 8522 of April 3, 2009 of the witness Bernardo Vivas Mosquera. Annex
to the petitioners' communication received on May 19, 2009.
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Annexes 40 and 35. Videos of the Prosecutor's Charges in the partial indictment hearings of Diego Luis Hinestroza
Moreno of May 30, 2008 and of Luis Muentes Mendoza, 2008, Courts of Justice and Peace in Medellin. Annexes 3 A and C to the
Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009.