28 At the time of the facts, the witness worked transporting passengers on the routes San Gil -Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga - Aguachica, Bucaramanga - Barrancabermeja and Barranca-bermeja-Bucaramanga. According to the witness, the region was apparently controlled and managed by “paramilitary” forces and the Army and “it was at a time the guerrilla were active.” Reinaldo Corzo, the witness's son “was detained and disappeared.” The witness considers that the Armed Forces and the “paramilitary” personnel are responsible for the disappearance of his son and the other tradesmen, because they controlled that region. According to the witness, the “paramilitary force” had ousted the “guerrilla forces” from many sites and now occupied the place the latter had occupied, so as to impose their own conditions, and detain and extort people. Through the media, the witness heard of the existence of a group called ACDEGAM, which later changed its name to “Macetos” or individuals who killed kidnappers, and he also heard about the “events” that were occurring in the Magdalena Medio region, committed by these “armed groups.” For example, the witness remembered the massacre of the officials who went from San Gil to that region to investigate the disappearance of the 19 tradesmen. The alleged victim had told the witness that when he went to buy merchandise, he sometimes had to pay some “contributions” at the roadblocks that he came across, and “did not know whether they were Army or paramilitary roadblocks;” he also told the witness that he was afraid of passing through these roadblocks. The witness has not found the remains of his son and hopes that justice will be done. d. Testimonial statement by Alejandro Flórez Pérez, son of the alleged victim, Antonio Flórez Contreras The witness was five years of age when his father, Antonio Flórez Contreras, disappeared. At the time, the witness lived in Ocaña with his parents and siblings. The witness's mother was pregnant when Antonio disappeared. The witness recalls that his father was very affectionate with him and his siblings, and very kind; whenever he traveled, he brought them presents and candy, and, at the weekend, “he played [with them] on their beds.” The first time the witness heard what had happened to his father was when his mother was reading the report by the Attorney General’s office with another relative of the alleged victims, and the witness was behind a door listening. His mother read the report and cried at times. The report related the statement made by “Vladimir,” the alleged “paramilitary” leader in which he described what he had done to the tradesmen. The witness recalls that his mother cried a lot when she read the description of his father’s death, because, before he died, he asked for mercy because he had five children. The witness always remembers that part. At first, the witness's mother took her children to his grandmother's house every Saturday to wait for Antonio Flórez, because they were told that he would return.