reasonable to state that there is a connection between Mr. Noel Emiro Omeara’s death and the after-effects of the injuries sustained on January 28, 1994. 4. Events Relating to Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval 68. Manuel Guillermo Omeara, Noel Emiro Omeara’s son, was manager of the San Miguel farm of his father-in-law, Héctor Álvarez Sánchez, and started inquiries on his own account to discover the truth about what happened to Mr. Noel Emiro Omeara.99 69. On August 27, 1994, Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval was travelling to Aguachica from the San Miguel farm and along the way was deprived of his liberty by various armed men, who forced him into a blue van. As his wife Fabiola Álvarez Solano stated:100 Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval was at the SAN MIGUEL farm [...] when around two in the afternoon, a neighboring lady of the farm and a child said they saw a motorbike belonging to the kidnapped man, driven by another man... and the same lady told us that a blue van followed [...], the van came to the farm at eleven in the morning with armed individuals and left around three in the afternoon and was parked on the road leading to the farm with a man, apparently armed, looking after it.”101 70. On August 28, 1994, Fabiola Álvarez Solano filed a complaint for kidnapping with the UNASE located in the municipality of Aguachica, 102 which was received by DAS official.103 71. A few days after Manuel Guillermo Omeara’s disappearance, Carmen Teresa Omeara contacted a soldier who was a cousin of Mr. Guillermo Omeara104 who had arrived at the town hall; however, 99 In this regard, Carmen Teresa Omeara indicated that “MANUEL GUILLERMO did not stay like that; he did start to find our who these people were; on the same day of my father’s attack he tried to find out who had shot my father and later I learned that he found a friend –whose name I never learned— that provided him with information on the attack; what is more, I asked my brother whether he had found out anything and he would say ‘my friend is finding out’ but he never said who his friend was nor what he had discovered; he said it was a ticking bomb”. Deposition of Carmen Teresa Omeara Miraval of August 17, 2010, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bucaramanga, folder No. 11, unpaginated document. Annex No. 40 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. Héctor Álvarez Sánchez, declared that Manuel Guillermo Omeara told him that he had found out that the perpetrators of the attack against his father were UNASE members or paramilitaries. Deposition of Héctor Álvarez Sánchez of September 6, 1994, case file No. 015 of the Human Rights Unit of Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, pp. 11 – 13. Annex No. 44 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. Jaime Antonio Omeara indicated that “his brother GUILLERMO, who was closer to my father, said that things would not stay just like that and started to investigate […]”. Deposition of Jaime Antonio Omeara Miraval of August 25, 1998, case file No. 397 National Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, pp. 172 and 173 Annex No. 41 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. 100 Request No. 526 RP.015 F.66 of the National Human Rights Unit of October 20, 2009 of the National Human Rights Unit National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 11, pp. 79 – 81. Annex No. 56 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. Sworn statement of Fredy Ramiro Pedraza of July 13, 2010, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 11, pp. 95 to 98. Annex No. 4 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. 101 Complaint of Fabiola Álvarez Solano before the UNASE for Manuel Guillermo Omeara Miraval’s kidnapping on August 28, 1994, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Unit Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, p. 86. Annex No. 45 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. See in a similar sense sworn statement of Héctor Álvarez Sánchez of September 6, 1994, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, pp. 11 – 13. Annex No. 44 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. 102 Report of October 13, 1994 of the Military Forces – National Army – UNASE Group Aguachica BR5, case file No.015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, p. 99. Annex No. 57 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. 103 Request No. 463 BR-5-COUNASE of January 6, 1996, of the Military Forces – National Army – UNASE Fifth Brigade, case file No. 015 of the National Human Rights Unit - National Prosecutor’s Office Bucaramanga, folder No. 1, pp. 409 and 410. Annex No. 46 to the petitioners’ brief of November 10, 2010. 19