second floor where they were subjected to long interrogations during which they were kicked while being pressured to “confess” their connections to the M-19, and they tried to explain that they were merely students; 652 (iv) then, from the Casa del Florero they were transferred to the DIJIN where they were subjected to the “gauntlet” test on their hands with very hot paraffin wax (supra para. 139); (v) they were then transferred to the Charry Solano Battalion and, on the way there, they were threatened and harassed; 653 (v) on arrival at the Charry Solano Battalion they were blindfolded, the agents introduced a gas or smoke “like eucalyptus” into the truck that made them feel that they were suffocating, and then they were made to turn round and round in circles to disorient them; (vi) on getting out of the truck they were separated, Eduardo Matson Ospino was made to carry “a very thick and heavy piece of wood,” and they were made to cross over what they both heard as a stream or creek, into which the agents threatened “to throw” them, and (vii) lastly, at the Charry Solano Battalion they were placed in different rooms, where they were handcuffed to beds and again subjected to interrogations and physical and psychological abuse, such as death threats. 654 423. The Court also recalls that it has considered proved that Orlando Quijano and José Vicente Rubiano were subjected to a series of acts of abuse by State authorities. Specifically, it has concluded that Orlando Quijano was taken to the second floor of the Casa del Florero, obliged to remain standing with this hands on his head for several hours, 652 Cf. Testimony of Eduardo Matson Ospino of April 10, 2006, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folios 1214 and 1215); Testimony of Eduardo Matson Ospino of April 11, 1086, before the 77th Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 30785 to 30787); Affidavit made on November 5, 2013, by Eduardo Matson Ospino (evidence file, folio 35717); Testimony provided by Yolanda Santodomingo before the Prosecution Service on August 1, 2006 (evidence file, folios 1016 to 1018); Testimony of Yolanda Santodomingo of December 2, 1985, before the Attorney General’s office (evidence file, folios 14552 and 14553); Testimony of Yolanda Santodomingo of February 7, 1986, before the 41st Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 14969 to 14973), and Testimony of Yolanda Santodomingo Albericci during the public hearing on the merits in this case. 653 Regarding the transfer to the Charry Solano Battalion, Yolanda Santodomingo Albericci stated that: “Eduardo was made to lie down on the seat and I was made to lie down on the floor of the truck, they put my hands behind me, they tied my hands, I don’t know if they did the same to Eduardo, I know that Eduardo began to cry and I began to protest to stop someone who was sitting behind me from cutting my hair. I don’t know how long this lasted [and] they took Eduardo away […] they told me that they had taken him away to kill him and then again returned to the same questions and the same interrogation as at the Casa del Florero.” Cf. Testimony provided by Yolanda Santodomingo before the Prosecution Service on August 1, 2006 (evidence file, folio 1022). 654 Yolanda Santodomingo Albericci has testified that she got out of the truck blindfolded and handcuffed. She indicated that, on the way, they told her that they were going to kill her and throw her in the creek. Then, they put her in a room, they made her lie down and they handcuffed her to a bed with her arms outstretched. She indicated that, then, the interrogation started again and, during this, one of the individuals who was questioning her said “Eduardo has already confessed, there is nothing you can do, he has already told the truth,” and then they said that they had already killed Eduardo. Cf. Testimony provided by Yolanda Santodomingo before the Prosecution Service on August 1, 2006 (evidence file, folio 1022). Similarly, during the hearing on the merits before this Court, Yolanda Santodomingo Albericci stated that: “after they had done whatever they wanted with me there, they took me out, they transferred me, and they put me in a room. On the way to the room, a stream could be heard, because water was flowing, they told me that when they had killed me that were going to throw my naked body there; I heard screams; they told me that if I did not collaborate that was what was going to happen to me, the person screaming was not collaborating, they put me in a room, they handcuffed me to a bed; […] they told me that Eduardo was dead, that we should give in, that I had participated in the taking of the Embassy […]; about an hour later someone came in and said, Yolanda, we are going to release you, remember that you were retained, you were not detained, tomorrow you will be transferred to the North Canton […]. They took us from there and they made us get into a four-wheel drive vehicle […] and they took us to the 10th.” Cf. Testimony of Yolanda Santodomingo during the public hearing on the merits in this case. Eduardo Matson Ospino stated that when they made him get out of the truck he was blindfolded, they handcuffed him and they made him carry a meter-long log. He stated that he thought that they were going to push him off into space. Then he was taken to a room where they sat him on a bed and handcuffed him to it. Cf. Testimony of Eduardo Matson Ospino of April 10, 2006, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 1215), and Affidavit made on November 5, 2013, by Eduardo Matson Ospino (evidence file, folio 35717). See also, Judgment of the Third Criminal Court of the Bogota Special Circuit of June 9, 2010 (evidence file, folio 23955); Report of the Truth Commission (evidence file, folios 179 and 180), and documentary entitled “La Toma,” directed by Angus Gibson and Miguel Salazar, 2011 (evidence file, folio 3552). 147