154.
Young man José Gregorio Romero Reyes was 19 years old at the time of the events;219 he
“worked as a masonry assistant.”220 His family was composed of his father, Eneth Romero Ávila; his mother,
Miriam Elena Reyes Muñoz; his sisters Maryluz Urueta Reyes, and Beizabeth Muñoz Reyes; and his brothers
Wiston Urueta Reyes, and Danys Arleth Romero Reyes.221
155.
Young man Albeiro Ramírez Jorge was 19 years old at the time of the events 222 and he
worked with his father in a “vegetable stand”.223 His family was composed of his father, Alfonso Ramírez
Rincón; his mother, Ester Magaly Jorge Solis; his sister, Esmery Ramírez Jorge; and his brothers Frain Alfonzo
Ramírez Jorge; Lisandro Ramírez Jorge, and Numael Antonio Ramírez Jorge.224
156.
In relation to the events that took place between the evening of September 3rd , 1995 and
the morning of September 4th, 1995, Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres indicated that:
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Her son, Wilfredo Quiñones Bárcenas, left his house at approximately 7pm and “he stayed chatting
with several youngsters in a store”. She said that “at approximately 10:00 pm he left with his two
friends Albeiro Ramírez Jorge and José Gregorio Romero, by bicycle, to a dance party that was being
held in the neighborhood of ‘la Esperanza’ in a peace bazaar” .225
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She said that “about midnight José Gregorio’s mother arrived” and she asked if her son was there yet,
then she “stood up and went with her looking for them.” 226 She stated that they went to the “1º de
Mayo Police Station”, asked and “nothing was said”. From there they went “down to the police” and
they “told them they were not there.” 227
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She stated that when they went to the “[Nueva Granada] Battalion a soldier told them that three
youth were taken there but another soldier approached them and stated that nobody had been taken
there.” 228 In relation to this, Albeiro Ramírez Jorge’s brother, Mr. Numael Antonio Martínez, was with
219 Annex. 73. National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Local Unit of Barrancabermeja, Collection of the
body and Autopsy Report, September 5, 1995. Annex 3 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
220Annex. 74. Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal)
of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
221
Petitioners’ brief received on June 3, 2011.
Annex. 73. National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Local Unit of Barrancabermeja, Collection of the body
and Autopsy Report, September 5, 1995. Annex 3 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
222
223Annex. 74. Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal)
of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
224
Petitioners’ brief received on June 3, 2011.
225Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) on
September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
226 Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) on
September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
227Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal) on
September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.
228Annex. 74. Complaint filed by Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres with the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería Municipal)
of Barrancabermeja on September 7, 1995. Annex 5 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010. In her statement to Municipal
Legal Representative, Mrs. María Rosalba Bárcenas made a similar description of the events. In this regard, she indicated that she took
the task of finding her son in the Nueva Granada Battalion; in the 1º de Mayo Police Station; and in the police headquarters located in the
area of the pier, "and in every unit they said that they had not brought my son and the other two boys". However, she indicated that
"when she asked about her son and his two friends in the Nueva Granada Battalion, a soldier initially told her that three detainees had
been taken there but she then asked those in charge of providing this kind of information in the Battalion and they denied the three boys
had been brought". See: Annex. 75. Statement by María Rosalba Bárcenas Torres before the Municipal Ombudsperson (Personería
Municipal) on September 7th, 1995. Annex 4 of the petitioners’ brief received on December 6, 2010.