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situation and that of their families before and after the massacre, and the alleged damages
suffered by the families: María Carmenza Morales Cepeda, sister of César Augusto Morales
Cepeda; Paola Martínez Ortiz, partner of Luis Orlando Hernández Muñoz; Luz Nelly Carvajal
Londoño, wife of Yul Germán Monroy; Nubia Vesga Fonseca, sister of Gabriel Enrique Vesga
Fonseca; Myriam Stella Morales Caro, sister of Mariela Morales Caro; Sócrates Vesalio
Guasca Castro, brother of Benhur Iván Guasca Castro; Alfonso Morales Cárdenas, brother of
Orlando Morales Cárdenas; Luz Marina Poveda León, wife of César Augusto Morales Cepeda;
Sandra Paola Morales Poveda, daughter of César Augusto Morales Poveda; Luz Mireya
Morales Cepeda, sister of César Augusto Morales Poveda; Erika Esmeralda Vargas Herrera,
daughter of Samuel Vargas Páez; Esperanza Uribe Mantilla, wife of Pablo Antonio Beltrán
Palomino; Elvia Ferreira Useche, wife of Arnulfo Mejía Duarte; and Alonso Castillo Mayoral,
father of Carlos Fernando Castillo Zapata.
57.
The witness statements and the expert reports offered through affidavit, sworn
statement, and written statement of the following people were also presented as
documentary evidence:
a) Federico Andreu Guzmán, a witness proposed by the Commission and by the
representatives. In the framework of his functions as an investigator at an
international Non-Governmental Organization, he carried out an investigation about
the events of The Rochela for a two-year period, starting a few weeks after the
massacre. The witness testified on the alleged forms of collaboration between state
agents and the paramilitary groups, and specifically on the alleged forms of
collaboration between these groups and agents of the State in the area of the
massacre of The Rochela, as well as the alleged actions and omissions of the State in
the investigation of the massacre of The Rochela.
b) Antonio Suárez Niño, a witness proposed by the representatives. The witness acted
as President of the National Association of Officials and Employees of the Judicial
Branch of Colombia [Presidente de la Asociación Nacional de Funcionarios y
Empleados de la Rama Judicial de Colombia] between 1988 and 1997. The witness
testified about the alleged paramilitary violence against the judicial branch, the
alleged risks faced by the judicial officials who investigate and prosecute violations of
human rights and infringements of international humanitarian law, as well as the
alleged intimidation and other effects of the Rochela Massacre on the Judicial Branch
of Colombia.
c) Luis Guillermo Pérez Casas, a witness proposed by the representatives and the
attorney who represented the civil party in the criminal proceedings of the Rochela
Massacre as a member of “José Alvear Restrepo” Legal Cooperative. The witness
testified about the alleged factual and legal obstacles that have been present during
the 18 years of criminal proceedings related to this case.
d) Luis Carlos Restrepo, a witness proposed by the State who is the High Commissioner
for Peace [Alto Comisionado para la Paz]. The witness testified about the
paramilitary demobilization process, in particular, the agreements reached between
the Government and paramilitary groups, the acts of collective demobilization, as
well as the delivery of weapons and proprietary goods of the paramilitaries.
e) Edgar Ceballos Mendoza, a witness proposed by the State who is a Brigadier General
and Head of Joint Operations of the General Command of Military Forces [Mayor
General y Jefe de Operaciones Conjuntas del Comando General de las Fuerzas
Militares]. The witness testified about the decrees issued between April of 1989 and
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