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detained; that later the Army went to the house of Carmen Belén Aparicio between
four and five in the afternoon; that there were no acts of violence during the
interrogation, and that Caballero-Delgado and María del Carmen Santana were taken
away separately by Army patrols; that Javier Páez was captured the next day; that
Rosa Delia Valderrama identified Caballero-Delgado from a photograph that she
showed her; that Doctor Horacio Serpa-Uribe knew Caballero-Delgado and visited
him when he was in jail and offered to assist in establishing his whereabouts; that
Manuel Salvador Betancourt telephoned the Commander of the Morrison Base in
order to make visual inspection; that at the request of the Inter-American
Commission, the Government has assigned three persons for her protection; that
she is the complainant in the investigative proceeding and acknowledges that the
authorities have tried to accumulate the greatest amount of evidence; that she has
not submitted a claim against the State for compensation of damages; that she is
affiliated with the Ministry of Education, but since 1984 or 1985 has had a union
commission; that to continue receiving the salary of a teacher is an exception made
on her behalf, and the Government has not withheld her pay; that she does not
know what weapon Caballero-Delgado was carrying when he was arrested for
carrying weapons illegally; that the M-19 was a clandestine movement that tried to
find a political opening, and it is now a legal political movement that is called the
Democratic Alliance M-19; that DAS is the Administrative Department of Security
and is a civilian organization; that only the Army uses camouflage uniforms; that
after the disappearance of Caballero-Delgado, Pinzón-Fontecha and Arias-Alturo
were in prison for attacking toll booths, and Captain Forero was also imprisoned for
the same reason; and that the threat from Colonel or General Cifuentes was made
by means of a politician whose name she withheld.
35.
Witness Elizabeth Monsalve-Camacho, attorney, testified that from 1987 to
1989 she worked in the Municipality of San Alberto, initially as the Secretary of
Government and later as the Municipal Representative; that in mid-February María
Nodelia Parra-Rodríguez and two other persons came to her office to ask her
assistance in taking testimony; that she had never known Caballero-Delgado; that
they went to the Guaduas District and there took the statements of a woman named
Rosa Delia and a girl named Sobeida; that the former testified that some days earlier
a group from the Army had come within about fifty meters, and then CaballeroDelgado remained talking with the Army group; that when the photograph of
Caballero-Delgado was shown to the declarant, she recognized him, and she stated
that those from the Army did not act violently; that they then went to the Líbano
Mobile Base and asked if they had detained a man and woman, and they were
answered negatively; that next they went to the Morrison Base where Colonel
Velandia spoke with them and told them that he did not have anyone detained; that
she turned over the original file of the investigation and did not find out anything
more about the proceedings; that she left proof of the testimony that she took in the
file but not of the inquiry at the Morrison Base; that Rosa Delia Valderrama described
Caballero as thin with a mustache, approximately thirty-three years old, and she
thought she had said that he was dressed in a red shirt and that the young woman
had on blue jeans; that there was no hinderance in the investigation; that it is public
knowledge that San Alberto is a guerrilla zone; that it is also public knowledge that
the guerrillas at times dress in camouflage, the spotted uniform of the Army; and
that she viewed Rosa Delia Valderrama as being mentally sound.
36.
Witness Elida González-Vergel testified that she is a cook in Cúcuta and that
she does not know how to read or write; that the day of the disappearance of
Caballero-Delgado and María del Carmen Santana she was going to visit her sick