there from the Palace of Justice. However, the soldier could not tell him whether his wife
was among those taken to the School.
C.2.f) Luz Mary Portela León 147
124. Luz Mary Portela León was 24 years of age in 1985; she worked as a dishwasher in
the Palace of Justice cafeteria replacing her mother, Rosalbina León, who had been on sick
leave since October 29, 1985. On November 6, 1985, Luz Mary Portela León left home at 6
a.m. to go to work.
125. Following the events, her family looked for her in the Casa del Florero, the Cavalry
School, the Institute of Forensic Medicine and the DAS offices, among other places, without
obtaining any information about her fate.
C.2.g) Norma Constanza Esguerra Forero 148
126. Norma Constanza Esguerra Forero was 29 years of age in 1985 and, at the time of the
events, she worked selling pastries in different places, including the Palace of Justice. On
November 6, Ms. Esguerra Forero took pastries to the Senate cafeteria, after which she
went to make a delivery to the Palace of Justice cafeteria, entering the building before the
start of the attack by the M-19. That day she was making deliveries accompanied by her
sister, Martha Amparo Peña Forero, who remained waiting in the car, which was parked in
front of the Cathedral, and who saw her enter the Palace of Justice.
127. On November 9, her family entered the cafeteria of the Palace of Justice and found
several of her belongings on the counter, including “her wallet […], but the contents had
been taken.” The family also looked for her in hospitals and her mother went to the North
Canton to look for her, without obtaining information on her fate.
C.2.h) Lucy Amparo Oviedo Bonilla 149
128. Lucy Amparo Oviedo Bonilla was 25 years of age in 1985; she was married to Jairo
Arias Mendez, she had two children, she worked in a handicraft shop and she was going to
study law. On November 6, 1985, Ms. Oviedo Bonilla left home at 9.30 a.m. and had a work
interview with Justice Raúl Trujillo near the Palace of Justice. The family supposes “that
147
The evidence relating to this victim can be found in: Testimony of Rosa Milena Cárdenas León of June 9, 2012,
before the 71st notary of the Bogota Circuit (evidence file, folios 27551 and 27552); Testimony of Rosalbina León of
December 12, 1985, before the Ninth Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 29901 and
29902); ten-print fingerprint record of Luz Mary Portela León (evidence file, folio 28008), and Testimony of José
Esteban Cárdenas Martínez of January 2, 1986, before the Ninth Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota
(evidence file, folio 29905).
148
The evidence relating to this victim can be found in: birth registration of Norma Constanza Esguerra (evidence
file, folio 27416); Testimony of Elvira Forero de Esguerra of December 20, 1985, before the Ninth Itinerant Criminal
Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 29342, 29343 and 29344); Testimony of Ricardo Esguerra of
December 16, 1985, before the Ninth Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 30391,
30392 and 30393); expansion of the testimony of Elvira Forero de Esguerra of February 17, 1988, before the 30th
Criminal Investigation Court (evidence file, folio 30287 to 30290); affidavit made by Martha Amparo Peña Forero on
November 2, 2013 (evidence file, folio 35547), and Judgment of the Superior Court of Bogota of January 30, 2012
(evidence file, folio 23082).
149
The evidence relating to this victim can be found in: testimony of Damaris Oviedo of June 14, 2012, before the
71st notary of the Bogota Circuit (evidence file, folios 27522, 27523 and 27525); Testimony of Ana María Bonilla de
Oviedo of April 2, 1986, before the 27th Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 30969
and 30970); Testimony of Jairo Arias Mendez of December 19, 1985, before the Ninth Itinerant Criminal Investigation
Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 29623 and 29629); birth registration of Lucy Amparo Oviedo Bonilla (evidence
file, folio 27474); letter of Rafael María Oviedo Acevedo and Ana María Bonilla de Oviedo of December 3, 1985
(evidence file, folio 29663); Testimony of Damaris Oviedo Bonilla of July 25, 2006, before the Prosecution Service
(evidence file, folios 29597 and 29598); Testimony of Ana María Bonilla de Oviedo of April 2, 1986, before the 30th
Itinerant Criminal Investigation Court of Bogota (evidence file, folios 30970 and 30971), and Testimony of Armida
Eufemia Oviedo Bonilla of July 24, 2008, before the Prosecution Service (evidence file, folio 29572).
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