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about the guerrillas; that they put a wet rag in his mouth, they threatened to kill
him, and they hit him with a rifle; that the Sergeant communicated by radio with the
Morrison Base, said that he had captured another, and asked for instructions; that in
the end they let him go; that he thinks that Pinzón-Fontecha saved his life; that
Pinzón was there with the Army and was a hired assassin, known to be a killer; that
in his earlier testimony the declarant had not stated that he was with the M-19, but
that now he had because he was amnestied; that a peasant woman, Leonor, told
him that a day earlier they had captured Caballero-Delgado and his companion, and
the peasants say that they had taken them around the region, and that they had put
an Army uniform on Caballero-Delgado, and she was in underwear and barefoot;
that on that morning he had seen Caballero-Delgado dressed in a red sweat suit, and
the last time that he saw him was before noon on Tuesday the 7th in the house of
Mrs. Belén; that it was about ten minutes from there to the house of Mrs.
Valderrama; that they call it a camp because the guerrillas gather there; that
Caballero-Delgado knew the region; that they captured Caballero-Delgado at a gate
alongside a mango tree; that Caballero-Delgado was about 1.72 meters tall, husky,
with straight hair, and a mustache; that he knew that those who captured CaballeroDelgado were in the Army because of the way they treated each other and because
of the uniform, and that they were from the Morrison Base because they called the
Base; that some wore rubber boots and others Army boots; that the donkey
belonged to Andrés Ortega, and he did not leave it at Mrs. Valderrama's house
because Caballero-Delgado could not get there; that, at that time, the guerrillas of
San Alberto were not wearing camouflage uniforms; that he knows that Pinzón was a
hired assassin because of what people said; that he, the declarant, currently receives
a salary from the Colombian Government, and he was trained and works as a guard;
that on the afternoon of February 7 he stayed in the woman's house, and he did not
find out that day that they had detained Caballero-Delgado; that Santana also
participated in the Dialogue for Peace with the people, and he saw her that same
day.
39.
Witness Guillermo Guerrero-Zambrano testified that he is a resident of San
Alberto and has worked gathering fruit on an African palm plantation for nineteen
years; that he met Caballero-Delgado in a Unity and Democracy Seminar; that Unity
and Democracy was not only the title of the seminar but also the name of a group of
persons that took part in activities such as talking about what is happening to the
people; that the union issued invitations to other unions to organize a Forum on
Peace, and Caballero-Delgado was the delegate of the Educators' Union of
Santander, that he came to San Alberto, and that they became friends; that
Caballero-Delgado was involved with the M-19; that the last time that the declarant
saw him was February 4, and he accompanied him until he left in a small bus for
Guaduas; that he found out about the disappearance of Caballero-Delgado on the
same day that it happened from the radio that Caballero-Delgado had given him;
that that day they called him at six in the afternoon and told him the news, and he
passed it on to friends and the Santander Educators' Union, and that the Union
obtained permission for him to miss work and investigate; that on Wednesday
afternoon he went alone to Guaduas to the store at the entrance of that path where
he had introduced Caballero-Delgado to the woman, and when he returned that
woman told him that they had detained Caballero-Delgado and a young woman; that
he went to the school, and there was no one there; that then he met Doña Rosa
Delia and her granddaughter, and at first she was afraid and said that she didn't
know anything, and then she told him that the Army had detained CaballeroDelgado; that the next day several persons stated that they had seen a girl clothed
in underwear being taken away by the Army; that he went with Nodelia to the